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Episcopopus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Episcopopus was named by Ellenberger (1970). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Episcopopus ventrosus.

It was assigned to Crocodylia by Ellenberger (1970); to Reptilia by Ellenberger (1974); to Chelonia by Olsen and Galton (1984); and to Temnospondyli by Marsicano et al. (2014).

Species
E. ventrosus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Episcopopus Ellenberger p. 347
1974Episcopopus Ellenberger p. 57
1984Episcopopus Olsen and Galton p. 101
2014Episcopopus Marsicano et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
genusEpiscopopus

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.

G. †Episcopopus Ellenberger 1970
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Episcopopus ventrosus Ellenberger 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available