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Apateon dracyi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Taxonomy
Branchiosaurus dracyi was named by Boy (1972). 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 Apateon dracyi by Werneburg (2001), Schoch and Milner (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Branchiosaurus dracyi Boy
2001Apateon dracyi Werneburg
2014Apateon dracyi Schoch and Milner p. 47

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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
genusApateonvon Meyer 1844
speciesdracyi(Boy 1972)

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 dracyi Boy 1972
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Asselian or 303.70000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Germany (Thuringia) Apateon dracyi (176543)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Germany (Thuringia) Apateon dracyi (176531 181127)
Autunian298.9 - 283.3France (Saone et Laoire) Branchiosaurus dracyi (180674)
Autunian298.9 - 283.3Germany (Mittelsachsen) Apateon dracyi (176535)