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Eimerisaurus graumanni

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae

Taxonomy
Tersomius graumanni was named by Boy (1980). It is not extant. Its type locality is Eimer clay pit, which is in a Sakmarian terrestrial claystone in the Wadern Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Eimerisaurus graumanni by Boy (2002), Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Tersomius graumanni Boy
2002Eimerisaurus graumanni Boy
2014Eimerisaurus graumanni Schoch and Milner p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Dissorophoidea()
familyMicromelerpetidae(Boy 1972)
genusEimerisaurus
speciesgraumanni(Boy 1980)

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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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: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Germany (Rhineland-Pfalz) Tersomius graumanni (180563)