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Aphaneramma rostratum

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Taxonomy

Aphaneramma rostratum was named by Woodward (1904). Its type specimen is BMNH R.3180, a partial skull, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Sticky Keep temnospondyl, which is in a Smithian coastal horizon in the Kongressfjellet Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen. It is the type species of Aphaneramma.

Synonyms

Lonchorhynchus oebergi was named by Wiman (1910). Its type specimen is NR B.1, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kap Thordsen, Dickson Land, which is in a Smithian coastal horizon in the Kongressfjellet Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aphaneramma rostratum by Nilsson (1943), Schoch and Milner (2000).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Aphaneramma rostratum Smith-Woodward
1904	Aphaneramma rostratum Woodward p. 173 figs. Pl. 12
1910	Lonchorhynchus oebergi Wiman p. 37
1914	Lonchorhynchus oebergi Wiman p. 14
1914	Aphaneramma rostratum Wiman p. 17
1943	Aphaneramma rostratum Nilsson p. 5
2000	Aphaneramma rostratum Schoch and Milner p. 112

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
class	Amphibia

Rank	Name	Author
order	Temnospondyli	()
—	Eutemnospondyli
—	Rhachitomi	()
—	Eryopiformes
—	Stereospondylomorpha
—	Stereospondyli	()
—	Superstes
—	Trematosauria
superfamily	Trematosauroidea
family	Trematosauridae
subfamily	Lonchorhynchinae
genus	Aphaneramma
species	rostratum

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.

†Aphaneramma rostratum Woodward 1904

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Invalid names: Lonchorhynchus oebergi Wiman 1910 [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, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Smithian	249.9 - 248.1	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Aphaneramma rostratum (120366 type locality: 143886 144048) Lonchorhynchus oebergi (120230 120231 120372 143892) Lonchorhynchus oebergi, Aphaneramma rostratum (120228)