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Palaeoherpeton decorum

Amphibia

Taxonomy
Palaeogyrinus decorus was named by Watson (1926). Its type specimen is NEWHM: G015.71 (HM G 15.71), a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pirnie Colliery, which is in a Kashirian terrestrial horizon in the Parrot Coal Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Palaeoherpeton.

It was recombined as Palaeoherpeton decorum by Panchen (1964) and Panchen (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Palaeogyrinus decorus Watson p. 215
1964Palaeoherpeton decorum Panchen
1970Palaeoherpeton decorum Panchen p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
genusPalaeoherpeton
speciesdecorum()

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.

Palaeoherpeton decorum Watson 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Kashirian or 318.10000 to 311.45000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.1 - 314.6United Kingdom (England) Palaeogyrinus decorus (176254)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.45United Kingdom (Scotland) Palaeogyrinus decorus (type locality: 157227)