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Apateon gracilis

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Taxonomy
Branchiosaurus gracilis was named by Credner (1881). Its type specimen is SCD-S756/759, a partial skeleton (complete large skull and anterior postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niederhaslich, which is in a Sakmarian lacustrine limestone in the Niederhäslich-Schweinsdorf Formation of Germany.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. umbrosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Branchiosaurus gracilis Credner
2014Apateon gracilis 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
speciesgracilis(Credner 1881)

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 gracilis Credner 1881
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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: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1France Apateon gracilis (34797)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Germany (Saxony) Branchiosaurus gracilis (52522)