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Osteophorus roemeri

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Eryopidae

Taxonomy
Osteophorus roemeri was named by Meyer (1856). Its type specimen is ZPUW 57A, a skull, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Mala Dolna Weiz, near Lwówek Śląski, which is in a Rotliegendes terrestrial horizon in Poland. It is the type species of Osteophorus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Osteophorus roemeri Meyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
familyEryopidaeCope 1882
subfamilyEryopinae
genusOsteophorus
speciesroemeri

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.

†Osteophorus roemeri Meyer 1856
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Rotliegendes or 283.50000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rotliegendes283.5 - 259.51Poland Osteophorus roemeri (type locality: 180649)