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Dendrerpeton acadianum

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Dendrerpetidae

Taxonomy
Dendrerpeton acadianum was named by Owen (1853). Its type specimen is BMNH R4158 (lectotype, designated by Carroll, 1967), a partial skull (partial dermal roof and fragments of palate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coal Mine Point; Divison 4, Section XV, coal-group 15, which is in a Westphalian A mire/swamp sandstone/coal in the Joggins Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Dendrerpeton.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Dendrerpeton acadianum Owen p. 67
1860Dendrerpeton acadianum Dawson p. 273 figs. 10-13
1860Hylonomus aciedentatus Dawson p. 276 figs. 19-23
1863Dendrerpeton oweni Dawson p. 470
1902Smilerpeton aciedentatum Hay p. 413
1902Dendrerpeton acadianum Hay p. 417
1902Dendrerpeton oweni Hay p. 418
1934Dendrerpeton acadianum Steen p. 468 figs. 1-11
1967Dendrerpeton acadianum Carroll p. 113 figs. 1-18
2013Dendrerpeton acadianum Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
familyDendrerpetidae(Fritsch 1885)
genusDendrerpeton
speciesacadianum

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.

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Invalid names: Dendrerpeton oweni Dawson 1863 [synonym], Hylonomus aciedentatus Dawson 1860 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available