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Actinodon frossardi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Eryopidae

Taxonomy
Actinodon frossardi was named by Gaudry (1866). Its type specimen is MNHN 1908.20.6, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dracy Saint Loup, which is in an Autunian terrestrial horizon in the Muse Formation of France.

It was recombined as Onchiodon frossardi by Werneburg (1997); it was recombined as Sclerocephalus frossardi by Schoch and Milner (2000).

Synonyms
  • Actinodon brevis was named by Gaudry (1866). Its type specimen is MNHN Aut 469, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dracy Saint Loup, which is in an Autunian terrestrial horizon in the Muse Formation of France.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Sclerocephalus frossardi by Schoch and Milner (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Actinodon frossardi by Schoch and Milner (2014).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Actinodon brevis Gaudry
1866Actinodon frossardi Gaudry
1997Onchiodon frossardi Werneburg
2000Sclerocephalus frossardi Schoch and Milner
2014Actinodon frossardi Schoch and Milner p. 88

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
familyEryopidaeCope 1882
genusActinodonGaudry 1866
speciesfrossardiGaudry 1866

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.

†Actinodon frossardi Gaudry 1866
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Invalid names: Actinodon brevis Gaudry 1866 [synonym]
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, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Autunian or 298.90000 to 283.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Autunian298.9 - 283.5France (Saone et Loire) Actinodon frossardi (176500)
Autunian298.9 - 283.5France (Saone et Laoire) Actinodon frossardi, Actinodon brevis (type locality: 180674)