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Altenglanerpeton schroederi

Amphibia

Taxonomy
Altenglanerpeton schroederi was named by Glienke (2012). Its type specimen is BGR(B) X 609, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Werschweiler near St. Wendel-Saar, which is in an Asselian lacustrine carbonate in the Altenglan Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Altenglanerpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Altenglanerpeton schroederi Glienke p. 298

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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()
genusAltenglanerpeton
speciesschroederi

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.

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

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 Altenglanerpeton schroederi (type locality: 178271)