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Branchierpeton

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae

Taxonomy
Branchierpeton was named by Boy (1972). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Micromelerpetontidae by Carroll (1988) and Schoch (2013); and to Micromelerpetidae by Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Branchierpeton Boy
1988Branchierpeton Carroll
2013Branchierpeton Schoch
2014Branchierpeton 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)
genusBranchierpetonBoy 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.

G. †Branchierpeton Boy 1972
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Branchierpeton reinholdi Werneburg 1988
Branchierpeton saalense Werneburg 1990
Branchierpeton saberi Werneburg et al. 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available