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Branchierpeton saalense

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae

Taxonomy
Branchierpeton saalense was named by Werneburg (1990). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BGRB 9previously ZGI) P9/588, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Petersburg, near Halle, which is in a Stephanian terrestrial horizon in the Wettin Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Branchierpeton saalense Werneburg
2014Branchierpeton saalense Schoch and Milner p. 42

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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()
—Dissorophoidea()
familyMicromelerpetidae(Boy 1972)
genusBranchierpetonBoy 1972
speciessaalense

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.

†Branchierpeton saalense Werneburg 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available