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Dendrerpeton

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dendrerpetidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Dendrerpeton Owen p. 67
1856Dendrerpeton Roemer p. 782
1860Dendrerpeton Owen p. 182
1861Dendrerpeton Owen p. 205
1867Erpetocephalus Huxley
1902Dendrerpeton Hay p. 417
1934Dendrerpeton Steen p. 468
1967Dendrerpeton Carroll p. 113
1988Dendrerpeton Carroll
1988Erpetocephalus Carroll
1989Dendrerpeton Gauthier et al. p. 349
2005Dendrerpeton Haubold et al. p. 78
2012Dendrerpeton Maddin et al.
2013Dendrerpeton Schoch
2014Dendrerpeton Schoch and Milner p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
familyDendrerpetidae(Fritsch 1885)
genusDendrerpeton

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.

G. †Dendrerpeton Owen 1853
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Invalid names: Dendrerpeton oweni Dawson 1863 [synonym], Hylonomus aciedentatus Dawson 1860 [synonym]
Dendrerpeton confusum Milner 1996
Dendrerpeton rugosum Huxley 1867
Invalid names: Erpetocephalus Huxley 1867 [synonym]
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: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Westphalian A or 318.10000 to 314.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.1 - 314.6Ireland (Lenister) D. rugosum (175806)
Westphalian A318.1 - 314.6Canada (Nova Scotia) D. confusum (86946) D. sp. (13219) Hylonomus aciedentatus, Batrachia indet., Hylonomus lyelli (28069)