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Pneumatostega potamia

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhytidosteidae

Taxonomy
Pneumatostega potamia was named by Cosgriff and Zawiskie (1979). Its type specimen is BP/1/F.981, a partial skull (Skull roof), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Tafelberg, near Middelburg, which is in an Induan terrestrial conglomerate in South Africa. It is the type species of Pneumatostega.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Pneumatostega potamia Cosgriff and Zawiskie p. 3 figs. 1-7, Pl. 1-5
2000Pneumatostega potamia Schoch and Milner p. 81
2003Pneumatostega potamia Damiani and Rubidge p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
infraorderRhytidostea
superfamilyRhytidosteoidea
familyRhytidosteidaeHuene 1920
subfamilyRhytidosteinaeHuene 1920
genusPneumatostega
speciespotamia

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.

Pneumatostega potamia Cosgriff and Zawiskie 1979
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Induan or 252.17000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Northern Cape) Pneumatostega potamia (144129)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Eastern Cape) Pneumatostega potamia (type locality: 144128)