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Dendrophryniscidae (disused)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dendrophryniscidae

Taxonomy
Dendrophryniscidae was named by Jiménez de la Espada (1870). It is extant.

It was assigned to Arcifera by Gadow (1898).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Dendrophryniscidae Jiménez de la Espada
1898Dendrophryniscidae Gadow p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
suborderPhaneroglossaWagler
—Arcifera(Cope 1865)
familyDendrophryniscidaeJiménez de la Espada 1870
familyDendrophryniscidaeJiménez de la Espada 1870

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Dendrophryniscidae Jiménez de la Espada 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available