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Archegosaurus decheni

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Archegosaurus decheni was named by Goldfuss (1847). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lebach, which is in an Asselian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Meisenheim Formation of Germany.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Archegosaurus decheni Goldfuss
1847Archegosaurus medius Goldfuss
1847Archegosaurus minor Goldfuss
1856Archegosaurus dechenii Roemer p. 781
2000Archegosaurus decheni Schoch and Milner p. 55
2005Archegosaurus decheni Witzmann p. 132
2013Archegosaurus decheni Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
genusArchegosaurusGoldfuss 1847
speciesdecheniGoldfuss 1847

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.

†Archegosaurus decheni Goldfuss 1847
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Invalid names: Archegosaurus medius Goldfuss 1847 [synonym], Archegosaurus minor Goldfuss 1847 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available