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Onchiodon thuringiensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Eryopidae

Taxonomy
Onchiodon thuringiensis was named by Werneburg (2008). Its type specimen is NHM-WP 2140a-z, a partial skeleton (complete skull and partial postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kammerberg near Manebach, which is in an Asselian terrestrial horizon in the Manebach Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Onchiodon thuringiensis Werneburg

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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
genusOnchiodon
speciesthuringiensisWerneburg 2008

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.

†Onchiodon thuringiensis Werneburg 2008
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany (Thuringia) Onchiodon thuringiensis (type locality: 180761)