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Micromelerpetidae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae

Taxonomy
Micromelerpetontidae was named by Boy (1972). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Schoch (2013).

It was corrected as Micromelerpetidae by Schoch and Milner (2014).

It was assigned to Eryopoidea by Carroll (1988); to Temnospondyli by Maddin et al. (2012); and to Dissorophoidea by Schoch (2013) and Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Micromelerpetontidae Boy
1988Micromelerpetontidae Carroll
2012Micromelerpetontidae Maddin et al.
2013Micromelerpetontidae Schoch
2014Micromelerpetidae Schoch and Milner p. 81

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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)
familyMicromelerpetidae(Boy 1972)

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.

Fm. †Micromelerpetidae Boy 1972
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G. †Branchierpeton Boy 1972
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Branchierpeton reinholdi Werneburg 1988
Branchierpeton saalense Werneburg 1990
Branchierpeton saberi Werneburg et al. 2019
G. †Eimerisaurus Boy 2002
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Eimerisaurus guembeli Reis 1913
G. †Limnerpeton Fritsch 1881
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Limnerpeton modestum Fritsch 1883
Limnerpeton obtusatum Fritsch 1883
G. †Limnogyrinus Milner 1986
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Limnogyrinus edani Werneburg 1989
Limnogyrinus elegans Fritsch 1881
G. †Micromelerpeton Bulman and Whittard 1926
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Micromelerpeton boyi Heyler 1994
Micromelerpeton credneri Bulman and Whittard 1926
G. †Nyranerpeton Werneburg 2012
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Nyranerpeton amilneri Werneburg 2012
Nyranerpeton montceauense Werneburg 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available