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Saxonerpeton geinitzi

Amphibia

Taxonomy
Hylonomus geinitzi was named by Credner (1890). It is not extant. Its type specimen is S.370/a and b, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Konigin-Carola-Schacht, which is in an Asselian fine channel fill shale in the Döhlen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Saxonerpeton geinitzi by Carroll and Gaskill (1978), Carroll et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Hylonomus geinitzi Fritsch
1890Hylonomus geinitzi Credner p. 242
1978Saxonerpeton geinitzi Carroll and Gaskill
1998Saxonerpeton geinitzi Carroll et al. p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
Lepospondyli()
Microsauria()
genusSaxonerpeton
speciesgeinitzi()

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.

Saxonerpeton geinitzi Credner 1890
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Germany (Saxony) Hylonomus geinitzi (85474)