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Marmorerpeton

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Marmorerpeton was named by Evans et al. (1988). Its type is Marmorerpeton kermacki.

It was assigned to Caudata by Evans et al. (1988).

Species
M. freemani, M. kermacki (type species), M. wakei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Marmorerpeton Evans et al. p. 541

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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()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
genusMarmorerpeton

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.

G. †Marmorerpeton Evans et al. 1988
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Marmorerpeton freemani Evans et al. 1988
Marmorerpeton kermacki Evans et al. 1988
Marmorerpeton wakei Jones et al. 2022
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Bathonian or 167.70000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (Scotland) M. kermacki, M. wakei (139746)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (31054)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (57124 57125 57139) M. sp., M. kermacki, M. freemani (39075)