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Melanopelta

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae

Taxonomy
Melanopelta was named by Shishkin (1967). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plagiosauridae by Carroll (1988); and to Plagiosterninae by Schoch and Milner (2014).

Species
M. antiqua

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Melanopelta Shishkin
1988Melanopelta Carroll
2014Melanopelta Schoch and Milner p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyPlagiosauridae
subfamilyPlagiosterninaeShishkin 1986
genusMelanopeltaShishkin 1967

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. †Melanopelta Shishkin 1967
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†Melanopelta antiqua Shishkin 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available