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Melanerpeton arnhardti

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Taxonomy
Melanerpeton arnhardti was named by Werneburg (1988). Its type specimen is NMSch (SAS) 195/43-44, a partial skeleton (skull and anterior portion of postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lochbrunnen, near Oberhof, which is in a Sakmarian lacustrine shale in the Oberhof Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. tener

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Melanerpeton arnhardti Werneburg
2014Melanerpeton arnhardti Schoch and Milner p. 51

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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
familyBranchiosauridaeFritsch 1883
genusMelanerpetonFritsch 1878
speciesarnhardtiWerneburg 1988

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.

†Melanerpeton arnhardti Werneburg 1988
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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: 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 (Thüringer Wald) Melanerpeton arnhardti (type locality: 160735)