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Apateon pedestris

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Taxonomy
Apateon pedestris was named by von Meyer (1840). It is not extant. Its type locality is Munsterappel, which is in a Gzhelian/Asselian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/siltstone in the Meisenheim Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. umbrosa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Apateon pedestris von Meyer
1856Apateon pedestris Roemer p. 784
1875Salamandrella petrolei Gaudry
1876Protriton petrolei Gaudry
1882Branchiosaurus petrolei Geinitz and Deichmüller p. 34
1972Apateon pedestris Carroll et al. p. 36
2013Apateon pedestris Schoch
2014Apateon pedestris Schoch and Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Amphibamiformes
familyBranchiosauridaeFritsch 1883
genusApateonvon Meyer 1844
speciespedestrisvon Meyer 1840

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.

†Apateon pedestris von Meyer 1840
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Invalid names: Salamandrella petrolei Gaudry 1875 [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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Kuzel or 303.70000 to 297.70000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stephanian307.4 - 300.3France (Saône-et-Loire) Branchiosaurus petrolei (236920)
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 293.52Germany (Rhineland-Palatine) Apateon pedestris (type locality: 180798)
Kuzel300.3 - 297.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Apateon pedestris (180803)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Germany (Rhineland-Palatine) Apateon pedestris (180802 180804 180805)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Apateon pedestris (85451 180796)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Germany (Rhineland-Palatine) Apateon pedestris (180797 180800 180806)
Autunian298.9 - 283.3France (Saone et Loire) Apateon pedestris (176500)
Autunian298.9 - 283.3Germany (Rhineland-Palatine) Apateon pedestris (178736)
Autunian298.9 - 283.3France (Burgundy) Apateon pedestris (180801)
Autunian - Permian298.9 - 251.902Italy (Sardinia) Branchiosaurus petrolei (28463 28464 28465)