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Liaobatrachus beipiaoensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Mesophryne beipiaoensis was named by Gao and Wang (2001). Its type specimen is IVPP V11721, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton with impressions exposed as part and counterpart), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Heitizigou, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale in the Yixian Formation of China.

It was recombined as Liaobatrachus beipiaoensis by Dong et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Mesophryne beipiaoensis Gao and Wang p. 461
2004Dalianbatrachus mengi Gao and Liu
2010Mesophryne beipiaoensis Zhou and Wang
2013Liaobatrachus beipiaoensis Dong et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
genusLiaobatrachus
speciesbeipiaoensis()

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.

Liaobatrachus beipiaoensis Gao and Wang 2001
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Invalid names: Dalianbatrachus mengi Gao and Liu 2004 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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