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Galverpeton ibericum

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Galverpeton ibericum was named by Estes and Sanchíz (1982). Its type specimen is IPS 5000, a set of vertebrae (partial trunk vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Colladico Blanco 2 (IPB), which is in a Barremian lagoonal marl/siliciclastic in the El Castellar Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Galverpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Galverpeton ibericum Estes and Sanchíz p. 29 figs. 6, 7A, 8B, 9, 12D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
genusGalverpeton
speciesibericum

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.

Galverpeton ibericum Estes and Sanchíz 1982
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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Teruel) Galverpeton ibericum (type locality: 67985)