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Vieraella

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Vieraella was named by Reig (1961). It is not extant. Its type is Vieraella herbstii.

It was assigned to Ascaphidae by Carroll (1988); to Salientia by Sanchiz (1998); to Salientia by Evans and Borsuk-Bialynicka (1998); and to Anura by Evans et al. (1990) and Gao and Wang (2001).

Species
V. herbstii (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Vieraella Reig
1988Vieraella Carroll
1990Vieraella Evans et al. p. 308
1998Vieraella Evans and Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 578
1998Vieraella Sanchiz
2001Vieraella Gao and Wang p. 469

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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)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
genusVieraellaReig 1961

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. †Vieraella Reig 1961
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Vieraella herbstii Reig 1961
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Jurassic or 201.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Argentina (Santa Cruz) V. herbstii (29393)