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Palatinerpeton kraetschmeri ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	344538	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=344538

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

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
genus	Palatinerpeton	Boy 1996
species	Palatinerpeton kraetschmeri	Boy 1996

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Palatinerpeton kraetschmeri	species	belongs to Palatinerpeton	stated with evidence	Olson, 1941

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

299 - 290 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

299 - 290 Ma
Paleozoic

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. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2000. Stereospondyli. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie - Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 3B:1-203

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1941	Palatinerpeton kraetschmeri Olson
1996	Palatinerpeton kraetschmeri Boy p. 47

Schoch R., Milner A. R. (2000) Stereospondyli, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie - Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 3B, 1-203

Olson E. C. (1941) The family Trematopsidae, Journal of Geology 49, 149-176

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!