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Bermanerpeton kinneyi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Bermanerpeton kinneyi was named by Werneburg et al. (2021). Its type specimen is CM 41708a, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kinney Brick Company Quarry, which is in a Virgilian lagoonal shale/limestone in the Wild Cow Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Bermanerpeton.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Bermanerpeton kinneyi Werneburg et al.

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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()
Dvinosauria
superfamilyDvinosauroideaSäve-Söderbergh 1935
genusBermanerpeton
specieskinneyi

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.

Bermanerpeton kinneyi Werneburg et al. 2021
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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: Virgilian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Bermanerpeton kinneyi (type locality: 179964)