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Albanerpeton inexpectatum

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae

Taxonomy
Albanerpeton inexpectatum was named by Estes and Hoffstetter (1976). Its type specimen is MNHN LGA 176, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La-Grive-Saint-Alban, which is in a MN 5/MN 7 + 8 fissure fill horizon in France. It is the type species of Albanerpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter p. 308 figs. Pl. V-IX, fig.1-4
1981Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes p. 20
1999Albanerpeton inexpectatum Gardner p. 531
2000Albanerpeton inexpectatum Gardner p. 65
2003Albanerpeton inexpectatum Gardner et al. p. 315
2005Albanerpeton inexpectatum Venczel and Gardner
2008Albanerpeton inexpectatum Böhme p. 165 figs. 12 pl. 1
2008Albanerpeton inexpectatum Gardner and Böhme p. 179
2010Albanerpeton inexpectatum Böhme p. 10 fig. 5J
2020Albanerpeton inexpectatum Daza et al. p. 688

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
familyAlbanerpetontidae
genusAlbanerpeton
speciesinexpectatum

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.

Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Estes and R. Hoffstetter 1976Un Prosirènidé dont l'atlas présente une concavité postérieure dans laquelle deuxième centrum vertébral s'articule d'une façon complexe; deuxième vertèbre ne posséde pas d'arc neural, centrum bien suturé ou coossifié avec la troisième vertèbre; arcs neuraux première et troisième vertèbres trés bien développés.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MP 21 to the top of the MN 9 or 33.90000 to 9.70000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Turkey (Tekirdağ) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (31605)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Germany (Bayern) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (91490)
MP 22 - MP 2333.9 - 28.4Germany (Bayern) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (221169)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany (Bavaria) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (84364)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (199780 199781 199782)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (48320)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (69179)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (68040)
MN 3 - MN 420.0 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (176199)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Ústí nad Labem) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (48173)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Germany (Hesse) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (228327)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (28629 159022 174117)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria (Styria) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (74538 74539)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (45612 45613)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (34615)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (49418)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (32191)
MN 5 - MN 7 + 815.97 - 11.1France (Rhône-Alpes) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (type locality: 110928)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1France (Rhône-Alpes) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (136199)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bayern) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (48321)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria (Niederösterreich) Albanerpeton inexpectatum (66943)