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Bageherpeton longignathus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae

Taxonomy
Bageherpeton longignathus was named by Dias and Barberena (2001). Its type specimen is UFRGS PV- 0317-P, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bagé-Aceguá Highway (BR 153), km 176, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Rio do Rasto Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Bageherpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Bageherpeton longignathus Dias and Barberena

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
superfamilyArchegosauroideavon Meyer 1857
familyArchegosauridaevon Meyer 1857
subfamilyPlatyoposaurinaeGubin 1991
genusBageherpeton
specieslongignathus

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.

†Bageherpeton longignathus Dias and Barberena 2001
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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, Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Capitanian or 274.40000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Bageherpeton longignathus (type locality: 176058)