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Triadobatrachus massinoti

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Protobatrachus massinoti was named by Piveteau (1804). Its type specimen is MNHN no MAE 126, a skeleton (mostly complete mold of a skeleton lacking some distal limb elements), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Betsieka, which is in an Induan/Smithian paralic shale in the Middle Sakamena Formation of Madagascar.

It was recombined as Triadobatrachus massinoti by Kuhn (1962), Rage and Roček (1989), Sanchiz (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Protobatrachus massinoti Piveteau p. 1804
1938Protobatrachus triassicus Kuhn p. 8
1962Triadobatrachus massinoti Kuhn p. 328
1989Triadobatrachus massinoti Rage and Roček p. 4
1998Triadobatrachus massinoti Sanchiz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
genusTriadobatrachusKuhn 1962
speciesmassinoti(Piveteau 1804)

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.

†Triadobatrachus massinoti Piveteau 1804
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Invalid names: Protobatrachus triassicus Kuhn 1938 [objective synonym]
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, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Smithian or 251.90200 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Smithian251.902 - 248.1Madagascar (Diana) Protobatrachus massinoti (type locality: 92079)