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Micropholis
Taxonomy
Micropholis was named by Huxley (1859). It is not extant. Its type is Micropholis stowi. It is the type genus of Micropholidae.
It was assigned to Micropholidae by Haughton (1925); to Dissorophidae by Carroll (1988); to Temnospondyli by Maddin et al. (2012); and to Amphibamidae by Schoch and Rubidge (2005), Anderson et al. (2008) and Schoch (2013).
It was assigned to Micropholidae by Haughton (1925); to Dissorophidae by Carroll (1988); to Temnospondyli by Maddin et al. (2012); and to Amphibamidae by Schoch and Rubidge (2005), Anderson et al. (2008) and Schoch (2013).
Species
M. stowi (syn. Petrophryne granulata) (type species)
Sister genera
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1859 | Micropholis Huxley p. 642 |
| 1876 | Petrophryne Owen |
| 1925 | Micropholis Haughton p. 237 |
| 1988 | Micropholis Carroll |
| 2005 | Micropholis Schoch and Rubidge p. 503 |
| 2008 | Micropholis Anderson et al. p. 70 fig. 9 |
| 2012 | Micropholis Maddin et al. |
| 2013 | Micropholis Schoch |
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