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Glaukerpeton avinoffi

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Eryopidae

Taxonomy
Glaukerpeton avinoffi was named by Romer (1952). Its type specimen is CM 8539, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Soho Street Quarry, which is in a Stephanian terrestrial limestone in Pennsylvania. It is the type species of Glaukerpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Glaukerpeton avinoffi Romer

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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()
Eryopiformes
familyEryopidaeCope 1882
subfamilyEryopinae
genusGlaukerpetonRomer 1952
speciesavinoffiRomer 1952

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.

Glaukerpeton avinoffi Romer 1952
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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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Stephanian or 307.40000 to 300.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stephanian307.4 - 300.3USA (Pennsylvania) Glaukerpeton avinoffi (type locality: 126535)