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Micropholidae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Micropholidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Micropholidae Watson p. 66
1946Micropholidae Kuhn p. 52
1990Micropholidae Warren and Hutchinson p. 149
2019Micropholidae Schoch
2021Micropholidae Schoch 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()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Amphibamiformes
familyMicropholidae
familyMicropholidae

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.

Fm. †Micropholidae Watson 1919
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G. †Pasawioops Fröbisch and Reisz 2008
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†Pasawioops mayi Fröbisch and Reisz 2008
G. †Tersomius Case 1910
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†Tersomius dolesensis Anderson and Bolt 2013
†Tersomius mosesi Olson 1970
†Tersomius texensis Case 1910
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 Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Texas) Tersomius texensis, Pasawioops mayi (79162)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Oklahoma) Tersomius sp., Pasawioops mayi, Tersomius dolesensis (67862)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Tersomius texensis (28145)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) Tersomius mosesi (79531) Tersomius texensis (67945)