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Keraterpeton galvani ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)227370https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=227370
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Diplocaulidae : Keraterpeton : Keraterpeton galvani
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-AmphibiaLinnaeus 1758
-Lepospondyli
-Nectridea
familyDiplocaulidaeCope 1881
genusKeraterpetonWright and Huxley 1866
speciesKeraterpeton galvaniHuxley 1867
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Keraterpeton galvanispeciesbelongs to Keraterpetonstated without evidenceHuxley, 1867
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Reproductiondispersal=water (based on Amphibia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Anderson. 2001. The phylogenetic trunk: maximal inclusion of taxa with missing data in an analysis of the Lepospondyli (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda). Systematic Biology 50:170-193

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1867Keraterpeton galvani Huxley
1902Keraterpeton galvani Hay p. 414
1998Keraterpeton galvani Carroll et al. p. 76

References

Anderson J. (2001) The phylogenetic trunk: maximal inclusion of taxa with missing data in an analysis of the Lepospondyli (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda), Systematic Biology 50, 170-193
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Carroll R. L., Bossy K. A., et al (1998) Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 1 / Part 1 Lepospondyli: Microsauria, Nectridea, Lysorophia, Adelospondyli, Aistopoda, Acherontiscidae, 1-216
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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