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Chunerpeton tianyiensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Chunerpeton tianyiensis was named by Gao and Shubin (2003). Its type specimen is (CAGS)-IG-02051, a skeleton (articulated complete skeleton including soft parts), and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Daohugou (IVPP collection), which is in a Callovian lacustrine - large shale/tuff in the Tiaojishan Formation of China. It is the type species of Chunerpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Chunerpeton tianyiensis Gao and Shubin p. 424

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
—Cryptobranchoidea
genusChunerpeton
speciestianyiensis

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.

†Chunerpeton tianyiensis Gao and Shubin 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian167.7 - 150.8China (Hebei) Chunerpeton tianyiensis (91265)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian167.7 - 150.8China (Liaoning) Chunerpeton tianyiensis (92421)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2China (Nei Mongol) Chunerpeton tianyiensis (type locality: 27891)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Liaoning) Chunerpeton sp. (103743)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7China (Liaoning) Chunerpeton tianyiensis (130986)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1China (Hebei) Chunerpeton tianyiensis (154718)