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PanicTemnospondyli: Euskelia: Dissorophoidea: Trematopsidae [Amphibamidae]:

  Taxonomic history of the genus Limnerpeton Fritsch, 1881  

 

After Milner & Sequeira, 2003

Limnerpeton Fritsch, 1881 [= Fric]

        †Limnerpeton modestum (Fric, 1876) Fritsch, 1881 [type]

            †Microdon modestus Fric, 1876
            †Microdon modestus Fric; Fritsch, 1879
            †Limnerpeton modestum (Fric) Fritsch, 1881
            †Limnerpeton modestum (Fric) Steen, 1938
            †Limnerpeton modestum (Fric) Werneburg, 1994
            †Limnerpeton modestum (Fric) Milner & Sequeira, 2003 (nomen dubium)

        †Limnerpeton laticeps Fritsch, 1881

            †Microdon laticeps Fritsch, 1879 (nomen nudum)
            †Limnerpeton laticeps Fritsch, 1881
            †Limnerpeton laticeps Fritsch, 1881, Steen, 1938
            †Potamochoston salamandroides (Fritsch) Romer, 1947, non Fritsch, non Steel
            †Amphibamus laticeps (Fritsch, 1881) Milner, 1986
            †Amphibamus laticeps (Fritsch, 1881) Werneburg, 1994
            †"Limnerpeton" laticeps (Fritsch, 1881) Clack & Milner, 1994
            †Mordex laticeps (Fritsch, 1881) Milner & Sequeira, 2003, comb. nov.

        †Limnerpeton macrolepis Fritsch, 1881

            †Limnerpeton macrolepis Fritsch, 1881, Steen, 1938
            †Amphibamus laticeps (Fritsch, 1881) Milner, 1986
            †Limnerpeton macrolepis Fritsch, 1881, Werneburg, 1994
            †Mordex laticeps (Fritsch, 1881) Milner & Sequeira, 2003, comb. nov.

        †Limnerpeton elegans Fritsch, 1881

            &adgger;Brachiosaurus salamandroides Bulman & Whittard, 1926
            †Limnerpeton elegans Fritsch; Steen, 1938
            †Limnerpeton Fritsch; Boy, 1972
            †Limnogyrinus elegans (Fritsch) Milner, 1986
            †Limnogyrinus elegans (Fritsch) Werneburg, 1989
            †Limnogyrinus elegans (Fritsch) Werneburg, 1994
            †Limnogyrinus elegans (Fritsch) Milner & Sequeira, 2003, comb. nov.

        †Limnerpeton obtusatum Fritsch, 1881

            †Limnerpeton obtusatum Fritsch; Steen, 1938
            †Microbrachis obtusatum (Fritsch); Brough & Brough, 1967
            †Microbrachis pelikani Fritsch, 1876; Carroll & Gaskill, 1978
            †Hyloplesion longiscutatum (Fritsch, 1876) 1883; Werneburg, 1994 (non Fritsch)
            †Microbrachis pelikani Fritsch; Milner & Sequeira, 2003

        †Limnerpeton dubium Fritsch, 1881

            †Microdon sp. Fritsch, 1879
            †Limnerpeton dubium Fritsch, 1881
            †Limnerpeton dubium Fritsch; Steen, 1938
            †Onchiodon? foveolatum (Fritsch); Romer, 1945 (non Fritsch)
            †Limnerpeton dubium Fritsch; Werneburg, 1994
            †Limnerpeton dubium Fritsch; Milner & Sequeira, 2003 (nomen dubium) [Tetrapoda incertae sedis, possibly a temnospondyl or a pelycosaur]

        †Limnerpeton difficile Fritsch, 1881

            †Limnerpeton difficile Fritsch, 1881
            †Limnerpeton difficile Fritsch; Steen, 1938
            ?†Limnogyrinus elegans (Fritsch); Werneburg, 1994
            ?†Crinodon limnophyes (Steen, 1938) Milner & Sequeira, 2003 (nomen dubium)

        †Limnerpeton caducum Fritsch, 1881

            †L.? caducum Fritsch, 1881
            &adgger;L. caducum (sic) Fritsch; Steen, 1938
            †L. caducum Fritsch; Werneburg, 1994
            †Oestocephalus granulosus (Fritsch, 1880) Carroll, 1998
            †Oestocephalus granulosus (Fritsch) Milner & Sequeira, 2003

Reference(s):

Milner, A. R. & Sequeira, S. E. K., 2003: Revision of the amphibian genus Limnerpeton (Temnospondyli) from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic.
–Acta Palaeontologica Polonica: Vol. 48, #1, pp. 123-141

 

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