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Broomichnium

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Broomichnium was named by Kuhn (1958). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Broomichnium permianum.

It was assigned to Dissorophidae by Haubold (1971); and to Dissorophoidea by Haubold (1974).

Species
B. permianum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Broomichnium Kuhn p. 13
1971Broomichnium Haubold p. 19
1974Broomichnium Haubold p. 26

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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
Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
genusBroomichnium

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. †Broomichnium Kuhn 1958
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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: ground dwellinguc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2011-01-30 12:48:41
Modified: 2011-01-29 19:48:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Reisz et al. 2009, Uhen 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available