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Firmisternia

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Firmisternia was named by Cope (1875). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Firmisternia by Gadow (1898).

It was assigned to Anura by Cope (1875); and to Phaneroglossa by Gadow (1898).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Firmisternia Cope p. 7
1898Firmisternia Gadow p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
suborderPhaneroglossaWagler
Firmisternia()
Firmisternia()

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.

Unr. Firmisternia Cope 1875
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Fm. Engystomatidae Cope 1867
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G. Engystoma Fitzinger 1826
Invalid names: Dendrobatidae Cope 1865 [empty], Dyscophidae Boulenger 1882 [empty], Phryniscidae Cope 1867 [empty]
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available