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Aphaneramma gavialimimus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Taxonomy
Aphaneramma gavialimimus was named by Fortuny et al. (2017) [Aphaneramma presents the combination of the following synapomorphies: premaxilla-nasal suture anteriorly directed, not contacting the nostrils; choanae completely included within the palatines; nasal length more than 50% of prenarial length; cultriform process anteriorly widened; and one symplesiomorphy: ventral opening of the orbits in the anterior part of the interpterygoid vacuities.]. Its type specimen is UA-Amb007, a partial skull (Nearly complete skull preserved in negative relief in an ironstone nodule), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Right bank Ifasy River, NE of Anaborano, which is in an Induan/Smithian deltaic siliciclastic in the Middle Sakamena Formation of Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Aphaneramma gavialimimus Fortuny et al. p. 678 figs. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Trematosauria
superfamilyTrematosauroidea
familyTrematosauridae
subfamilyLonchorhynchinae
genusAphaneramma
speciesgavialimimus

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 gavialimimus Fortuny et al. 2017
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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: base of the Induan to the top of the Smithian or 251.90200 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Smithian251.902 - 248.1Madagascar (Diana) Aphaneramma gavialimimus (type locality: 144100)