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Mertensiella caucasica (Caucasian salamander)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Mertensiella caucasica was named by Waga (1876). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Mertensiella caucasica Waga
1981Mertensiella caucasica Estes
1996Mertensiella caucasica Frank and Ramus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
familySalamandridaeGray 1825
genusMertensiellaWolterstorff 1925
speciescaucasicaWaga 1876

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.

Mertensiella caucasica Waga 1876 [Caucasian salamander]
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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: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: MN 9 or 11.10000 to 9.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Heves) Mertensiella caucasica (168191)