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Plagiosternum granulosum

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae

Taxonomy
Mastodonsaurus granulosus was named by Fraas (1889).

It was recombined as Plagiosternum granulosum by Fraas (1896), Kuhn (1971), Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Mastodonsaurus granulosus Fraas
1896Plagiosternum granulosum Fraas p. 7
1931Plagiosternum nanum Schmidt
1971Plagiosternum granulosum Kuhn p. 8
1971Plagiosternum nanum Kuhn p. 8
2014Plagiosternum granulosum Schoch and Milner p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyPlagiosauridae
subfamilyPlagiosterninaeShishkin 1986
genusPlagiosternum
speciesgranulosum(Fraas 1889)

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.

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Invalid names: Plagiosternum nanum Schmidt 1931 [synonym]
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: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mastodonsaurus granulosus (39763)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Thüringen) Plagiosternum nanum (196844)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Germany (Thüringen) Plagiosternum granulosum (196845)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Plagiosternum granulosum (106352)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Germany (Thüringen) Plagiosternum granulosum (196843)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Germany (Thuringia) Plagiosternum granulosum (106359 106361 196842)