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Metoposaurus ultimus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8597225https://www.gbif.org/species/8597225
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)258643https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=258643
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Metoposauridae : Metoposaurus : Metoposaurus ultimus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Metoposauridae : Metoposaurus : Metoposaurus ultimus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
-Temnospondyli
-EutemnospondyliSchoch 2013
-Rhachitomi
-EryopiformesSchoch 2013
-StereospondylomorphaYates and Warren 2000
-Stereospondyli
-TrematosauriaYates and Warren 2000
superfamilyTrematosauroideaWatson 1919
familyMetoposauridaeWatson 1919
genusMetoposaurusLydekker 1890
speciesMetoposaurus ultimusKuhn 1939
Generic NameMetoposaurus
Scientific NameMetoposaurus ultimus Kuhn, 1939
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Metoposaurus ultimusspeciesbelongs to Metoposaurusstated with evidenceKuhn, 1939
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
Last Recorded Appearance209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietpiscivore (based on Metoposaurus)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)O. Kuhn. 1939. Beiträge zur Keuperfauna von Halberstadt [Contributions to the Keuper fauna of Halberstadt]. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 21:258-286

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1939Metoposaurus ultimus Kuhn p. 270 figs. Pl. 19:1-2ab
1971Metoposaurus ultimus Kuhn p. 8

References

Kuhn O. (1939) Beiträge zur Keuperfauna von Halberstadt [Contributions to the Keuper fauna of Halberstadt], Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 21, 258-286
Kuhn O. (1971) , Die Saurier der deutschen Trias [Reptiles of the German Triassic], 1-105
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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