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Micropholis
Taxonomy
Micropholis was named by Huxley (1859). It is not extant. Its type is Micropholis stowi. It is the type genus of Micropholidae.
It was assigned to Micropholidae by Watson (1919) and Haughton (1925); to Dissorophidae by Carroll (1988); to Temnospondyli by Maddin et al. (2012); and to Amphibamidae by Damiani and Rubidge (2003), Schoch and Rubidge (2005), Anderson et al. (2008) and Schoch (2013).
It was assigned to Micropholidae by Watson (1919) and Haughton (1925); to Dissorophidae by Carroll (1988); to Temnospondyli by Maddin et al. (2012); and to Amphibamidae by Damiani and Rubidge (2003), Schoch and Rubidge (2005), Anderson et al. (2008) and Schoch (2013).
Species
M. stowi (syn. Petrophryne granulata) (type species)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1859 | Micropholis Huxley p. 642 |
| 1876 | Petrophryne Owen |
| 1919 | Micropholis Watson p. 66 |
| 1925 | Micropholis Haughton p. 237 |
| 1988 | Micropholis Carroll |
| 2003 | Micropholis Damiani and Rubidge p. 23 |
| 2005 | Micropholis Schoch and Rubidge p. 503 |
| 2008 | Micropholis Anderson et al. p. 70 fig. 9 |
| 2012 | Micropholis Maddin et al. |
| 2013 | Micropholis Schoch |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available