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Messelobatrachus tobieni

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Palaeobatrachidae

Taxonomy
Messelobatrachus tobieni was named by Wuttke (1988). Its type specimen is SMF Me-752a+b, a partial skeleton (incomplete articulated specimen), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Messelobatrachus tobieni Wuttke
1998Messelobatrachus tobieni Sanchiz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
—XenoanuraSavage 1973
—PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPalaeobatrachidaeCope 1865
genusMesselobatrachusWuitke 1988
speciestobieniWuttke 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.

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