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Lydekkerina

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Lydekkerinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Putterillia Broom
1915Lydekkerina Broom p. 366 fig. 3
1919Lydekkerina Watson p. 66
1925Lydekkerina Haughton p. 236
1947Broomulus Romer
1948Limnoiketes Parrington p. 434 figs. 5-7
1950Lydekkerina kitchingi Broom
1988Broomulus Carroll
1988Limnoiketes Carroll
1988Lydekkerina Carroll
1988Putterillia Carroll
1996Lydekkerina Shishkin et al. pp. 1650, 1656 fig. 11
1996Broomulus Shishkin et al. pp. 1652-1653, 1656 fig. 11
2000Muchocephalus kitchingi Schoch and Milner p. 70
2000Lydekkerina Schoch and Milner p. 76
2000Broomulus Schoch and Milner p. 77
2000Limnoiketes Schoch and Milner p. 78
2000Lydekkerina Yates and Warren pp. 84, 95 fig. 1
2003Broomulus Damiani and Rubidge p. 26
2003Lydekkerina Damiani and Rubidge p. 26
2006Lydekkerina Jeannot et al. p. 823
2013Lydekkerina Schoch
2019Lydekkerina Eltink et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
familyLydekkerinidae
genusLydekkerina

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. †Lydekkerina Broom 1915
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Lydekkerina huxleyi Lydekker 1889
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Invalid names: Limnoiketes paludinatans Parrington 1948 [synonym], Lydekkerina dutoiti Broom 1930 [synonym], Putterillia platyceps Broom 1930 [synonym]
Invalid names: Broomulus Romer 1947 [synonym], Limnoiketes Parrington 1948 [synonym], Lydekkerina kitchingi Broom 1950 [nomen dubium], Putterillia Broom 1915 [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: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Induan or 259.90000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17South Africa (Western Cape) L. kitchingi (80178)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Free State) Bothriceps huxleyi (143692)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) L. huxleyi (143714)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Australia (Queensland) L. huxleyi (136409)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) L. sp. (34815)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) L. sp., L. huxleyi, Limnoiketes paludinatans, Putterillia platyceps, L. dutoiti (88282)