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Lafonius lehmani

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trimerorhachidae

Taxonomy
Lafonius lehmani was named by Berman (1973). It is not extant. Its type specimen is CM 25474, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Manzanita Mountains, which is in a Gzhelian terrestrial shale in the Atrasado Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Lafonius.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Lafonius lehmani Berman p. 932
2014Lafonius lehmani Schoch and Milner p. 36

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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()
Dvinosauria
familyTrimerorhachidaeCope 1882
genusLafonius
specieslehmani

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.

Lafonius lehmani Berman 1973
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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: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Lafonius lehmani (type locality: 176523)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Lafonius lehmani (179964)