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Edingerella madagascariensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Benthosuchus madagascariensis was named by Lehman (1961). Its type specimen is MNHN MAE.3003a/b/c, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Madiromiary, which is in an Induan/Smithian deltaic siliciclastic in the Middle Sakamena Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Edingerella.

It was recombined as Watsonisuchus madagascariensis by Steyer (2003); it was recombined as Edingerella madagascariensis by Schoch and Milner (2000) and Maganuco et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Benthosuchus madagascariensis Lehman
1961Wetlugasaurus milloti Lehman figs. Pl. 12-14
1961Benthosuchus madagascariensis Lehman p. 19 figs. 4-14, Pl. 4-5
1966Wetlugasaurus lehmani Ochev
2000Edingerella madagascariensis Schoch and Milner p. 136
2003Watsonisuchus madagascariensis Steyer p. 545
2009Edingerella madagascariensis Maganuco et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
genusEdingerella
speciesmadagascariensis()

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.

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Invalid names: Wetlugasaurus lehmani Ochev 1966 [synonym], Wetlugasaurus milloti Lehman 1961 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available