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Spinarerpeton brevicephalum

Osteichthyes - Discosauriscidae

Taxonomy
Spinarerpeton brevicephalum was named by Klembara (2009). Its type specimen is SNM Z 26701, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kochov, Boskovice Furrow, which is in an Autunian terrestrial limestone in the Middle Letovice Formation of Czechia. It is the type species of Spinarerpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Spinarerpeton brevicephalum Klembara p. 453 figs. Figs. 1–8, 9A, 10, 14A, 15A, 16A, 17A, 18A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
suborderSeymouriamorphaWatson 1917
familyDiscosauriscidaeRomer 1947
genusSpinarerpeton
speciesbrevicephalum

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.

Spinarerpeton brevicephalum Klembara 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Autunian or 298.90000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Autunian298.9 - 283.3Czechia (Moravia) Spinarerpeton brevicephalum (type locality: 87877)