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Glanochthon angusta

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Glanochthon angusta was named by Schoch and Witzmann (2009). Its type specimen is GPIM-N 1217, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Odernheim, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian terrestrial limestone in the Meisenheim Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Glanochthon angusta Schoch and Witzmann
2014Glanochthon angusta Schoch and Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
genusGlanochthon
speciesangusta

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.

†Glanochthon angusta Schoch and Witzmann 2009
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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, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany (Saarland) Glanochthon angusta (180860)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Cheliderpeton latirostre (180796) Glanochthon angusta (180872)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Germany (Rhineland-Palatine) Glanochthon angusta (type locality: 180800)
Autunian298.9 - 283.5Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Cheliderpeton latirostre (180870)