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Macromerium bayeri

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Macromerium bayeri was named by Fritsch (1875). It is not extant. Its type specimen is CGH (unnumbered), a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Nyrany, which is in a Westphalian D lacustrine coal in the Kladno Formation of Czechia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Macromerium bayeri Fritsch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
genusMacromeriumLydekker 1890
speciesbayeriFritsch 1875

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.

Macromerium bayeri Fritsch 1875
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4Czechia (Pilsen) Macromerium bayeri (type locality: 84835)