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Lysipterygium

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Lysipterygiidae

Taxonomy
Lysipterygium was named by Branson (1935). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lysipterygiidae by Branson (1935), Schoch and Milner (2000).

Species
L. risinense (syn. L. detarrai)
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. deterrai
Entered
by E. Dunne (authorized by R. Butler) on 2016-08-04

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Lysipterygium Branson
2000Lysipterygium Schoch and Milner p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
familyLysipterygiidaeBranson 1935
genusLysipterygiumBranson 1935

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.

G. †Lysipterygium Branson 1935
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†Lysipterygium risinense Wadia and Swinton 1928
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Invalid names: Lysipterygium detarrai Branson 1935 [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, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1India (Kashmir) L. deterrai, Actinodon risinensis (27263)