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Limnogyrinus edani

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae

Taxonomy
Limnogyrinus edani was named by Werneburg (1989). It is not extant. Its type specimen is FG 321/8/157, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Thuringer Wald, which is in an Autunian terrestrial horizon in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Limnogyrinus edani Werneburg
2014Limnogyrinus edani Schoch and Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
familyMicromelerpetidae(Boy 1972)
genusLimnogyrinus
speciesedani

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.

†Limnogyrinus edani Werneburg 1989
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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, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Autunian or 298.90000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Autunian298.9 - 283.3Germany (Thuringia) Limnogyrinus edani (type locality: 197721)