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Branchiosauridae

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Taxonomy
Branchiosauridae was named by Fritsch (1883). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Schoch (2013).

It was synonymized subjectively with Protritonidae by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Phyllospondyli by Kuhn (1946); to Eryopoidea by Carroll (1988); to Temnospondyli by Maddin et al. (2012); to Dissorophoidea by Schoch (2013); to Xerodromes by Schoch and Milner (2014); and to Amphibamiformes by Schoch (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Branchiosauridae Fritsch
1946Branchiosauridae Kuhn p. 52
1988Branchiosauridae Carroll
2012Branchiosauridae Maddin et al.
2013Branchiosauridae Schoch
2014Branchiosauridae Schoch and Milner p. 46
2019Branchiosauridae Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Amphibamiformes
familyBranchiosauridaeFritsch 1883
familyBranchiosauridaeFritsch 1883

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. †Branchiosauridae Fritsch 1883
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G. †Apateon von Meyer 1844
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†Apateon caducus Ammon 1889
†Apateon dracyi Boy 1972
†Apateon flagrifer Whittard 1930
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Invalid names: Branchiosaurus brachyrhynchus Watson 1963 [synonym]
†Apateon gracilis Credner 1881
†Apateon intermedius Werneburg 1996
†Apateon kontheri Werneburg 1988
†Apateon pedestris von Meyer 1840
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Invalid names: Salamandrella petrolei Gaudry 1875 [synonym]
†Apateon umbrosus Fritsch 1879
Invalid names: Protriton Gaudry 1876 [synonym], Salamandrella Gaudry 1875 [synonym]
G. †Branchiosaurus Fritsch 1876
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†Branchiosaurus darrahi Romer 1939
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Invalid names: Protriton fayoli Thevenin 1906 [synonym]
G. †Eumicrerpeton Moodie 1910
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†Eumicrerpeton parvum Moodie 1910
G. †Leptorophus Bulman and Whittard 1926
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†Leptorophus raischi Schoch 2014
†Leptorophus tener Schönfeld 1911
G. †Melanerpeton Fritsch 1878
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†Melanerpeton arnhardti Werneburg 1988
†Melanerpeton eisfeldi Werneburg 1988
†Melanerpeton latirostre Credner 1881
†Melanerpeton moravicum Fritsch 1883
†Melanerpeton pusillum Fritsch 1878
†Melanerpeton sembachense Werneburg 1989
Invalid names: Melanerpetum Lydekker 1890 [synonym]
G. †Milnererpeton Hunt et al. 2002
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†Milnererpeton huberi Hunt et al. 1996
G. †Schoenfelderpeton Boy 1986
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G. †Tungussogyrinus Efremov 1939
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†Tungussogyrinus bergi Efremov 1939
Invalid names: Tungussogyrininae Kuhn 1962 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available