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Adamanterpeton ohioensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cochleosauridae

Taxonomy
Adamanterpeton ohioensis was named by Milner and Sequeira (1998). Its type specimen is AMNH 2933, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Linton, which is in a Westphalian D mire/swamp coal in Ohio. It is the type species of Adamanterpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Adamanterpeton ohioensis Milner and Sequeira p. 264
1998Adamanterpeton ohioensis Milner and Sequeria
2004Adamanterpeton ohioensis Sequeira p. 22
2013Adamanterpeton ohioensis Schoch
2014Adamanterpeton ohioensis Schoch and Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
superfamilyEdopoidea(Romer 1945)
familyCochleosauridaeBroili 1923
genusAdamanterpeton
speciesohioensis

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.

Adamanterpeton ohioensis Milner and Sequeira 1998
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Ohio) Adamanterpeton ohioensis (type locality: 85292)