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Bruktererpeton fiebigi

Gephyrostegidae

Taxonomy
Bruktererpeton fiebigi was named by Boy and Bandel (1973). Its type specimen is 610 WB, Bergbaumuseum Bochum, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schmiedestrasse Brickworks near Wuppertal, which is in a Marsdenian terrestrial shale in Germany. It is the type species of Bruktererpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Bruktererpeton fiebigi Boy and Bandel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
suborderGephyrostegida
familyGephyrostegidaeJaekel 1909
genusBruktererpeton
speciesfiebigi

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.

†Bruktererpeton fiebigi Boy and Bandel 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Marsdenian or 321.30000 to 320.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marsdenian321.3 - 320.0Germany (Westphalia) Bruktererpeton fiebigi (type locality: 175907)