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Melanerpeton sembachense

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Taxonomy
Melanerpeton sembachense was named by Werneburg (1989). Its type specimen is FG 321/8/198, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sembachtal near Winterstein, which is in a Gzhelian terrestrial horizon in the Ilmenau Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Melanerpeton sembachense Werneburg
2014Melanerpeton sembachense Schoch and Milner p. 51

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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()
Dissorophoidea()
Xerodromes
Amphibamiformes
familyBranchiosauridaeFritsch 1883
genusMelanerpetonFritsch 1878
speciessembachenseWerneburg 1989

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.

Melanerpeton sembachense Werneburg 1989
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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: Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Germany (Thuringia) Melanerpeton sembachense (type locality: 176543)