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Palaeoproteus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae

Taxonomy
Palaeoproteus was named by Herre (1935). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Caudata by Estes et al. (1967); and to Batrachosauroididae by Naylor (1978), Naylor (1979), Estes (1981) and Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Palaeoproteus Herre
1967Palaeoproteus Estes et al.
1978Palaeoproteus Naylor p. 567
1979Palaeoproteus Naylor p. 19
1981Palaeoproteus Estes
1988Palaeoproteus Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
orderProteida
familyBatrachosauroididae
genusPalaeoproteusHerre 1935

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. †Palaeoproteus Herre 1935
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Palaeoproteus gallicus Estes et al. 1967
Palaeoproteus klatti Herre 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available