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Epicrionops (Beaked caecilians)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinatrematidae

Taxonomy
Epicrionops was named by Boulenger (1883). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rhinatrematidae by Frank and Ramus (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Epicrionops Boulenger
1996Epicrionops Frank and Ramus

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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()
GymnophionomorphaMarjanović and Laurin 2008
orderGymnophionaRafinesque 1814
Apoda(Oppel 1810)
familyRhinatrematidae
genusEpicrionopsBoulenger 1883

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. Epicrionops Boulenger 1883 [Beaked caecilians]
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Epicrionops bicolor Boulenger 1883 [Two-colored caecilian]
Epicrionops petersi Taylor 1968 [Peters caecilian]
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available