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Eumicrerpeton parvum

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Taxonomy
Eumicrerpeton parvum was named by Moodie (1910). Its type specimen is YPM-803, a skull (skull in ventral view), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mazon Creek, which is in a Westphalian D deltaic mudstone/siderite in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois. It is the type species of Eumicrerpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Eumicrerpeton parvum Moodie
1982Eumicrerpeton parvum Milner
2014Eumicrerpeton parvum Schoch and Milner p. 52

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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
familyBranchiosauridaeFritsch 1883
genusEumicrerpeton
speciesparvum

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.

Eumicrerpeton parvum Moodie 1910
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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: Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Illinois) Eumicrerpeton parvum (type locality: 79598)