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Batropetes fritschia

Brachystelechidae

Taxonomy
Hyloplesion fritschi was named by Geinitz and Deichmüller (1882). Its type specimen is SLFG SS 13558 / SS 13559 (lectotypes, previously S 275 a + b in Carroll (1971)), a skeleton (part and counterpart), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Freital, near Dresden, which is in a Sakmarian lacustrine limestone in the Niederhaslich-Schweinsdorf Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Brachystelechus fritschi by Carroll and Gaskill (1978); it was recombined as Batropetes fritschia by Carroll (1991) and Carroll et al. (1998).

Synonyms
  • Petrobates truncatus was named by Credner (1890). Its type specimen is S. 275 a + b, a skeleton (part and counterpart), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Konigin-Carola-Schacht, which is in an Asselian fine channel fill shale in the Döhlen Formation of Germany.

    It was recombined as Batropetes truncatus by Carroll and Gaskill (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Batropetes fritschia by Carroll (1991).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Hyloplesion fritschi Geinitz and Deichmüller p. 38 figs. Pl. VIII
1890Petrobates truncatus Credner p. 247 figs. Pl. X
1971Batropetes truncatus Carroll and Gaskill p. 451 figs. 1-4, 7
1978Brachystelechus fritschi Carroll and Gaskill p. 138 figs. 95-97
1991Batropetes fritschia Carroll p. 229 figs. 1-6
1998Batropetes fritschia Carroll et al. p. 62

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RecumbirostraAnderson 2007
familyBrachystelechidae
genusBatropetes
speciesfritschia()

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.

Batropetes fritschia Geinitz and Deichmüller 1882
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Invalid names: Batropetes truncatus Credner 1890 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Sakmarian or 298.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany (Saxony) Petrobates truncatus (85474)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Germany (Saxony) Batropetes fritschia (177359) Hyloplesion fritschia (type locality: 181176)