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Melanerpeton moravicum

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Taxonomy
Melanerpeton moravicum was named by Fritsch (1883). It is not extant. Its type locality is 'Pricna zmola', Malá Lhota, which is in a Cisuralian terrestrial horizon in the Bacov Formation of Czechia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. tener

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Melanerpeton moravicum Fritsch
1972Melanerpeton moravicum Carroll et al. p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Amphibamiformes
familyBranchiosauridaeFritsch 1883
genusMelanerpetonFritsch 1878
speciesmoravicumFritsch 1883

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.

†Melanerpeton moravicum Fritsch 1883
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Cisuralian or 298.90000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4Czechia (South Moravia) Melanerpeton moravicum (type locality: 197951)