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Palaeobatrachus robustus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Palaeobatrachidae

Taxonomy
Palaeobatrachus robustus was named by Hossini and Rage (2000). Its type specimen is MNHN LAU 7, a partial skull (a single frontoparietal which lacks its anterior portion), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laugnac, which is in a MN 2 lacustrine marl/limestone in the Agenais Limestone Formation of France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. hiri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Palaeobatrachus robustus Hossini and Rage p. 224 figs. 1, 2.1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
—XenoanuraSavage 1973
—PipimorphaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyPalaeobatrachidaeCope 1865
genusPalaeobatrachusTschudi 1839
speciesrobustus

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.

†Palaeobatrachus robustus Hossini and Rage 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available