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Lepterpeton dobbsii

Amphibia - Ptyoniidae

Taxonomy
Lepterpeton dobbsii was named by Wright and Huxley (1866). Its type specimen is TCD T85 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Jarrow Colliery, which is in a Westphalian A terrestrial coal in Ireland. It is the type species of Lepterpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Lepterpeton dobbsii Woodward
1866Lepterpeton dobbsii Wright and Huxley
1998Lepterpeton dobbsii Carroll et al. p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
—Lepospondyli()
—Microsauria()
familyPtyoniidae
genusLepterpeton
speciesdobbsii

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.

†Lepterpeton dobbsii Wright and Huxley 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Ireland (Lenister) Lepterpeton dobbsii (type locality: 175806)