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Indobrachyops panchetensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Indobrachyops panchetensis was named by Huene and Sahni (1958). Its type specimen is GSI 17754, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is K47/578, 0.5 mile S Dhenua, Damodar river, which is in an Induan/Smithian terrestrial sandstone in the Panchet Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Indobrachyops panchetensis Huene and Sahni p. 4 figs. 2-5, pl. 1, 2
2000Indobrachyops panchetensis Schoch and Milner p. 79

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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()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
infraorderRhytidostea
genusIndobrachyops
speciespanchetensis

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.

†Indobrachyops panchetensis Huene and Sahni 1958
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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, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Smithian or 251.90200 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Smithian251.902 - 248.1India (West Bengal) Indobrachyops panchetensis (type locality: 98624 117188)