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Leiopelma

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Leiopelmatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Leiopelma Fitzinger
1998Leiopelma Sanchiz
2001Leiopelma Gao and Wang p. 469

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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
suborderAnura()
familyLeiopelmatidaeMivart 1869
genusLeiopelma

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. Leiopelma Fitzinger 1861
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†Leiopelma acricarina Worthy et al. 2013
†Leiopelma auroraensis Worthy 1987
Leiopelma hamiltoni McCulloch 1919 [Hamiltons frog]
Leiopelma hochstetteri Fitzinger 1861 [Hochstetters New Zealand frog]
†Leiopelma markhami Worthy 1987
†Leiopelma miocaenale Worthy et al. 2013
†Leiopelma waitomoensis Worthy 1987
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: Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Altonian to the top of the Holocene or 18.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (Otago) Leiopelma indet. (153885)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Leiopelma indet., L. miocaenale (153884) L. miocaenale, L. acricarina (73690)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand L. sp., L. markhami (182104)