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Branchierpeton amblystomum

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae

Taxonomy
Branchiosaurus amblystomum was named by Credner (1881). Its type specimen is MMGDSGEDS-320, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Branchierpeton amblystomum by Schoch (2013) and Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Branchiosaurus amblystomum Credner
2013Branchierpeton amblystomum Schoch
2014Branchierpeton amblystomum Schoch and Milner p. 42

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
familyMicromelerpetidae(Boy 1972)
genusBranchierpetonBoy 1972
speciesamblystomum(Credner 1881)

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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Diagnosis
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