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Messelobatrachus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Palaeobatrachidae

Taxonomy
Messelobatrachus was named by Wuitke (1988). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeobatrachidae by Sanchiz (1998).

Species
M. tobieni
Entered
by G. Lloyd on 2019-12-07

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Messelobatrachus Wuitke
1998Messelobatrachus Sanchiz

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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()
—XenoanuraSavage 1973
—PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPalaeobatrachidaeCope 1865
genusMesselobatrachusWuitke 1988

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. †Messelobatrachus Wuitke 1988
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†Messelobatrachus tobieni Wuttke 1988
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, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available