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Wesserpeton

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae

Taxonomy
Wesserpeton was named by Sweetman and Gardner (2013). Its type is Wesserpeton evansae.

It was assigned to Albanerpetontidae by Sweetman and Gardner (2013).

Species
W. evansae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Wesserpeton Sweetman and Gardner figs. 1-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
familyAlbanerpetontidae
genusWesserpeton

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.

G. †Wesserpeton Sweetman and Gardner 2013
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†Wesserpeton evansae Sweetman and Gardner 2013
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: Barremian or 129.40000 to 125.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian129.4 - 125.0United Kingdom (England) W. evansae (101090 101091)