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Wawelia gerholdi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ceratophryidae

Taxonomy
Wawelia gerholdi was named by Casamiquela (1963). Its type specimen is MLP 62-XII-7-1, a partial skeleton (dorsal imprint of an incomplete skeleton lacking most skull bones), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Lif-Mahuida Quarry, which is in a Langhian terrestrial diatomite in the Collón Curá Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Wawelia gerholdi Casamiquela
1990Wawelia gerholdi Baez and Peri p. 379
2014Wawelia gerholdi Evans et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
familyCeratophryidae
genusWaweliaCasamiquela 1963
speciesgerholdiCasamiquela 1963

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.

Wawelia gerholdi Casamiquela 1963
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Argentina (Río Negro) Wawelia gerholdi (type locality: 92113)