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Albanerpetontidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	63053	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63053

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Albanerpetontidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Temnospondyli
-	Lissamphibia
family	Albanerpetontidae	Fox and Naylor 1982

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Albanerpetontidae	family	belongs to Allocaudata	stated with evidence	Fox and Naylor, 1982
Albanerpetontidae	family	belongs to Lissamphibia	stated with evidence	McGowan and Evans, 1995
Albanerpetontidae	family	belongs to Allocaudata	stated without evidence	Gardner, 1999
Albanerpetontidae	family	belongs to Allocaudata	stated with evidence	Gardner, 2000
Albanerpetontidae	family	belongs to Allocaudata	stated without evidence	Gardner, 2000
Albanerpetontidae	family	belongs to Lissamphibia	stated with evidence	Gardner, 2001
Albanerpetontidae	family	belongs to Allocaudata	stated without evidence	Böhme, 2002
Albanerpetontidae	family	belongs to Allocaudata	stated with evidence	Gardner et al., 2003
Albanerpetontidae	family	belongs to Allocaudata	implied	Böhme, 2008
Albanerpetontidae	family	belongs to Batrachia	stated with evidence	Anderson et al., 2008
Albanerpetontidae	family	belongs to Allocaudata	implied	Böhme, 2010
Albanerpetontidae	family	belongs to Batrachia	stated with evidence	Maddin et al., 2012
Albanerpetontidae	family	belongs to Lissamphibia	stated with evidence	Matsumoto and Evans, 2018

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

3.20 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)

Diet

carnivore (based on Temnospondyli)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. C. Fox and B. G. Naylor. 1982. A reconsideration of the relationships of the fossil amphibian Albanerpeton. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 19:118-128

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Albanerpeton ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	141	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	3.20 Ma Pliocene
Anoualerpeton ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Celtedens ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	161 Ma Jurassic	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nukusurus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Shirerpeton ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Wesserpeton ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1982	Albanerpetontidae Fox and Naylor p. 120
1995	Albanerpetontidae McGowan and Evans
1999	Albanerpetontidae Gardner p. 531
2000	Albanerpetontidae Gardner p. 65
2001	Albanerpetontidae Gardner p. 334 fig. 8
2001	Albanerpetontidae Peng et al. p. 22
2002	Albanerpetontidae Böhme p. 340

Year	Name and Author
2003	Albanerpetontidae Gardner et al. p. 302
2008	Albanerpetontidae Anderson et al. p. 517
2008	Albanerpetontidae Böhme p. 165
2010	Albanerpetontidae Böhme p. 10
2012	Albanerpetontidae Maddin et al.
2018	Albanerpetontidae Matsumoto and Evans p. 6

References

Fox R. C., Naylor B. G. (1982) A reconsideration of the relationships of the fossil amphibian Albanerpeton, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 19, 118-128

McGowan G., Evans S. E. (1995) Albanerpetontid amphibians from the Cretaceous of Spain, Nature 373, 143-145

Gardner J. D. (1999) The amphibian Albanerpeton arthridion and the Aptian-Albian biogeography of albanerpetonids, Palaeontology 42 3, 529-544

Gardner J. D. (2001) Monophyly and affinities of albanerpetontid amphibians (Temnospondyli; Lissamphibia), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 131, 309-352

Peng J., Russell A. P., et al (2001) Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25, 1-54

Böhme M. (2002) Lower Vertebrates (Teleostei, Amphibia, Sauria) from the Karpatian of the Korneuburg Basin - Paleoecological, environmental and paleoclimatical implications, Beiträge Paläontologie 27, 339-353

Gardner J. D., Evans S. E., et al (2003) New albanerpetontid amphibians from the Early Cretaceous of Morocco and Middle Jurassic of England, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 2, 301-319

Anderson J. S., Reisz R. R., et al (2008) A stem batrachian from the Early Permian of Texas and the origin of frogs and salamanders, Nature 453, 515-518 doi:10.1038/nature06865

Böhme M. (2008) Ectothermic vertebrates (Teleostei, Allocaudata, Urodela, Anura, Testudines, Choristodera, Crocodylia, Squamata) from the Upper Oligocene of Oberleichtersbach (Northern Bavaria, Germany), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 260, 161-183

Böhme M. (2010) Ectothermic vertebrates (Actinopterygii, Allocaudata, Urodela, Anura, Crocodylia, Squamata) from the Miocene of Sandelzhausen (Germany, Bavaria) and their implications for environment reconstruction and palaeoclimate, Paläontologische Zeitschrift 84 1, 3-41 doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0050-4

Maddin H. C., Jenkins Jr F. A., et al (2012) The Braincase of Eocaecilia micropodia (Lissamphibia, Gymnophiona) and the Origin of Caecilians, PLoS One 7 12, e50743 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050743

Matsumoto R., Evans S. E. (2018) The first record of albanerpetontid amphibians (Amphibia: Albanerpetontidae) from East Asia, PLoS ONE 13 1, e0189767:1-58

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