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Apateon umbrosus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Taxonomy
Branchiosaurus umbrosus was named by Fritsch (1879). Its type specimen is NMP 360 (Fritsch Orig 151), a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Apateon umbrosus by Schoch and Milner (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. umbrosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Branchiosaurus umbrosus Fritsch
2014Apateon umbrosus Schoch and Milner p. 48

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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()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Amphibamiformes
familyBranchiosauridaeFritsch 1883
genusApateonvon Meyer 1844
speciesumbrosus(Fritsch 1879)

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.

†Apateon umbrosus Fritsch 1879
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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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rotliegendes or 283.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rotliegendes283.3 - 259.51Czechia (Boheme) Branchiosaurus umbrosus (58139)