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Metoposaurus krasiejowensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Metoposauridae

Taxonomy

Metoposaurus krasiejowensis was named by Brusatte et al. (2015).

Synonyms

Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis was named by Sulej (2002). Its type specimen is ZPAL Ab III 358, a partial skull (Skull roof), and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type subspecies of Metoposaurus diagnosticus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Metoposaurus krasiejowensis by Brusatte et al. (2015).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2002	Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis Sulej
2004	Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis Milner and Schoch
2007	Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis Sulej
2015	Metoposaurus krasiejowensis Brusatte et al.

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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	Metoposauridae
genus	Metoposaurus	Lydekker 1890
species	krasiejowensis

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.

†Metoposaurus krasiejowensis Brusatte et al. 2015

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†Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis Sulej 2002

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
T. Sulej 2007 (Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis)	"Very short prepineal part of the parietal with the high value of the expansion angle of the sutures separating the parietal from the supratemporal, the mean value for the angle is 21.81 (standard deviation 3.51); ontogenetically, the length of the parietal follows the regression formula y = 0.29x – 5.74 (y, length of prepineal part of parietal; x, skull width). After Sulej (2002)."

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilesubo

Life habit:

amphibioussubo

Diet:

piscivoreg

Dispersal:

waterc

Created:

2009-01-03 21:09:05

Modified:

2009-01-03 23:09:05

Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Benton 1983, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Norian or 233.60000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Metoposaurus diagnosticus (106461)
Tuvalian	233.6 - 227.3	Poland (Opole)	Metoposaurus diagnosticus (61449)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Metoposaurus diagnosticus (106509)