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Micropholis stowi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Amphibamidae

Taxonomy
Micropholis stowi was named by Huxley (1859). Its type specimen is BMNH R.4382, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rhenosterberg (Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone), which is in an Induan terrestrial siliciclastic in the Katberg Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Micropholis.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Micropholis stowi Huxley
1876Petrophryne granulata Owen
1925Micropholis stowi Haughton p. 237
2003Micropholis stowi Damiani and Rubidge p. 23
2005Micropholis stowi Schoch and Rubidge p. 503
2013Micropholis stowi Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Amphibamiformes
familyAmphibamidae
genusMicropholis
speciesstowi

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.

†Micropholis stowi Huxley 1859
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Invalid names: Petrophryne granulata Owen 1876 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Induan or 251.90200 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan251.902 - 249.9South Africa (Eastern Cape) Micropholis stowi (type locality: 144320 144321 144322)
Induan251.902 - 249.9South Africa (Free State) Micropholis stowi (105608 144323 144325 144327 144328)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Antarctica Micropholis stowi (220333)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7South Africa (Free State) Micropholis stowi (98602 144326)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7South Africa (Eastern Cape) Micropholis stowi, Petrophryne granulata (13043)