Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Sinerpeton fengshanensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Sinerpeton fengshanensis was named by Gao and Shubin (2001). Its type specimen is GMV 1606, a skeleton (articulated skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Fengshan fossil bed, Paozhanggou, which is in a Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine shale in China. It is the type species of Sinerpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Sinerpeton fengshanensis Gao and Shubin p. 574

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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)
familyUrodela()
genusSinerpeton
speciesfengshanensis

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.

†Sinerpeton fengshanensis Gao and Shubin 2001
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available