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Phonerpeton pricei

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Trematopidae

Taxonomy
Acheloma pricei was named by Olson (1941). Its type specimen is MCZ 1419, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Archer City Bonebed 1 (Putnam Fm.), which is in a Wolfcampian terrestrial horizon in the Archer City Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Phonerpeton pricei by Dilkes (1990), Schoch and Milner (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Acheloma pricei Olson
1990Phonerpeton pricei Dilkes
2000Phonerpeton pricei Schoch and Milner p. 166
2013Acheloma pricei Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Olsoniformes
familyTrematopidae()
genusPhonerpeton
speciespricei(Olson 1941)

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.

†Phonerpeton pricei Olson 1941
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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: ground dwellinguc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2011-01-30 12:48:41
Modified: 2011-01-29 19:48:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Reisz et al. 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wolfcampian or 298.90000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Texas) Acheloma pricei (type locality: 79162)