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Albanerpeton
Taxonomy
Albanerpeton was named by Estes and Hoffstetter (1976). Its type is Albanerpeton inexpectatum. It is the type genus of Albanerpetontidae.
It was assigned to Prosirenidae by Estes and Hoffstetter (1976), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Bryant (1989), Barbera and Macuglia (1991); and to Albanerpetontidae by Fox and Naylor (1982), McGowan and Ensom (1997), Gardner (1999), Gardner (2000), Gardner (2000), Gardner (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Gardner et al. (2003), Venczel and Gardner (2005), Gardner and Böhme (2008), Böhme (2008), Böhme (2010).
It was assigned to Prosirenidae by Estes and Hoffstetter (1976), Estes (1981), Carroll (1988), Bryant (1989), Barbera and Macuglia (1991); and to Albanerpetontidae by Fox and Naylor (1982), McGowan and Ensom (1997), Gardner (1999), Gardner (2000), Gardner (2000), Gardner (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Gardner et al. (2003), Venczel and Gardner (2005), Gardner and Böhme (2008), Böhme (2008), Böhme (2010).
Species
A. arthridion, A. cifellii, A. ektopistikon, A. galaktion, A. gracilis, A. inexpectatum (type species), A. nexuosus, A. pannonicum
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Albanerpeton Estes and Hoffstetter p. 308 |
| 1981 | Albanerpeton Estes p. 20 |
| 1982 | Albanerpeton Fox and Naylor p. 120 |
| 1988 | Albanerpeton Carroll |
| 1989 | Albanerpeton Bryant p. 31 |
| 1991 | Albanerpeton Barbera and Macuglia p. 421 |
| 1997 | Albanerpeton McGowan and Ensom p. 113 |
| 1999 | Albanerpeton Gardner p. 531 |
| 2000 | Albanerpeton Gardner p. 66 |
| 2001 | Albanerpeton Gardner p. 334 fig. 8 |
| 2001 | Albanerpeton Peng et al. p. 22 |
| 2003 | Albanerpeton Gardner et al. p. 313 |
| 2005 | Albanerpeton Venczel and Gardner |
| 2008 | Albanerpeton Böhme p. 165 |
| 2008 | Albanerpeton Gardner and Böhme p. 179 |
| 2010 | Albanerpeton Böhme p. 10 |
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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. †Albanerpeton Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
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†Albanerpeton arthridion Fox and Naylor 1982
†Albanerpeton cifellii Gardner 1999
†Albanerpeton ektopistikon Carrano et al. 2022
†Albanerpeton galaktion Fox and Naylor 1982
†Albanerpeton gracilis Gardner 2000
†Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
†Albanerpeton nexuosus Estes 1981
†Albanerpeton pannonicum Venczel and Gardner 2005
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. C. Fox and B. G. Naylor 1982 | As for the family. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Villafranchian or 125.77000 to 1.80000 Ma
Collections (134 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Cuenca) | Albanerpetontidae indet. (61319 61889) | |
| Aptian - Albian | USA (Wyoming) | A. sp. (137567 137577) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | USA (Texas) | A. arthridion (14375 14388) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | USA (Oklahoma) | A. arthridion (14392) | |
| Albian | USA (Wyoming) | A. sp. (137562) | |
| Albian | USA (Texas) | A. arthridion (52045) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | A. sp. (64684) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | A. nexuosus (14396 14399) A. sp. (200123) | |
| Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | A. nexuosum (14385) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | USA (Utah) | A. cifellii (14415) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | A. nexuosus, A. galaktion (14422 14423 14426 14427 14428 146190) A. sp., A. nexuosus, A. galaktion (14425) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Utah) | A. nexuosum (181388) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Texas) | A. sp., A. galaktion, A. nexuosum (200385) | |
| Judithian | USA (Texas) | A. nexuosus, A. gracilis, A. nexuosum (14489) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Utah) | A. nexuosus (75846) A. nexuosus, A. galaktion, A. gracilis (14466) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | A. nexuosus (56627) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | A. galaktion, A. gracilis (45893) A. gracilis (45899 67872 67873 67878 146195 146196 146197 146198) A. sp. (45822 45892 45898 98674) A. sp., A. galaktion (45674) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | A. galaktion, A. gracilis (45567) A. gracilis (146191 146193 146194) A. nexuosus, A. galaktion, A. gracilis (45566 47794) A. sp. (45560 45565 45670 45820) Albanerpetontidae indet. (45561) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | A. sp. (229975) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Texas) | A. galaktion (212186) A. sp. (68001 68002 68003 68004) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | A. sp. (45819 45821 45894) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | A. sp. (13334 67809 67811 67817 67818 67819 67820 193946) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Romania (Alba) | A. sp. (115074) | |
| Lancian | USA (Montana) | A. galaktion (144502) A. galaktion, A. nexuosum (144499) A. nexuosum (144505 144506) | |
| Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | A. nexuosus (14519) A. nexuosus, A. galaktion (14514) | |
| Lancian | USA (Colorado) | A. sp. (14640) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | A. nexuosus (14585) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | A. nexuosus (13142 183109) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Spain (Aragón) | A. nexuosum (45437) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | A. sp. (48445 67808 193944 219177) Albanerpetontidae indet. (27894) | |
| Pu1 | USA (Montana) | A. sp. (14762) | |
| Ti1 | Canada (Alberta) | A. sp. (14938) A. sp. nov. (14939) | |
| Ti3 | Canada (Alberta) | A. sp. nov. (14992) | |
| Tiffanian | Canada (Alberta) | A. sp. (14929) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Türkiye (Tekirdağ) | A. inexpectatum (31605) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Germany | A. sp. (36984) | |
| MP 21 | Germany (Bayern) | A. inexpectatum (91490) | |
| MP 22 - MP 23 | Germany (Bayern) | A. inexpectatum (221169) | |
| MP 30 | Germany (Bavaria) | A. sp., A. inexpectatum (84364) | |
| Burdigalian | Czechia (Ústí nad Labem) | A. inexpectatum (48173) | |
| Burdigalian | Serbia (Serbia) | A. inexpectatum (199780 199781 199782) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Germany (Bayern) | A. inexpectatum (48320) | |
| MN 3 | Germany (Bavaria) | A. inexpectatum (68040) | |
| MN 3 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | A. inexpectatum (69179) | |
| MN 3 - MN 4 | Germany (Bavaria) | A. inexpectatum (176199) | |
| Orleanian | Germany (Hesse) | A. inexpectatum (228327) | |
| MN 4 | Germany (Bavaria) | A. inexpectatum (28629 159022 174117) | |
| MN 4 | Austria (Styria) | A. inexpectatum (74538 74539) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Bavaria) | A. inexpectatum (34615) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Bayern) | A. inexpectatum (45612 45613) | |
| MN 5 | Austria (Niederösterreich) | A. inexpectatum (45836) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Bavaria) | A. inexpectatum (49418) | |
| MN 5 | Austria | A. sp. (174066 174067) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | A. inexpectatum (32191) | |
| MN 5 - MN 7 + 8 | France (Rhône-Alpes) | A. inexpectatum (110928) | |
| MN 7 + 8 | France (Rhône-Alpes) | A. inexpectatum (136199) | |
| Tortonian | Germany (Bayern) | A. inexpectatum (48321) | |
| MN 9 | Austria (Niederösterreich) | A. inexpectatum (66943) | |
| Messinian | Italy | A. pannonicum (172917) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | A. pannonicum (220503) A. sp. (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860) | |
| Ruscinian - Villafranchian | Hungary (Barany) | A. sp. (35354) | |
| Villafranchian | Italy (Verona) | A. sp. (206747) |