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Araeoscelidia

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Araeoscelida was named by Williston (1913). Its type is Araeoscelidae. It was considered monophyletic by Laurin (1991).

It was reranked as the suborder Araeoscelidia by Kuhn (1946); it was corrected as Araeoscelidia by Kuhn (1966), Haubold (1971) and Haubold (1974); it was misspelled as Araeoscelidia by Gauthier et al. (1988), Carroll (1988) and Gauthier et al. (1989); it was reranked as the unranked clade Araeoscelidia by Laurin (1991) and Laurin and Reisz (1995).

It was assigned to Parapsida by Nopcsa (1928); to Protorosauria by Kuhn (1946); to Cotylosauria by Kuhn (1966); to Araeoscelomorpha by Haubold (1971); to Cotylosauria by Haubold (1974); to Diapsida by Gauthier et al. (1988), Carroll (1988) and Gauthier et al. (1989); and to Diapsida by Laurin (1991) and Laurin and Reisz (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Araeoscelida Williston
1928Araeoscelia Nopcsa p. 173
1946Araeoscelidia Kuhn p. 60
1966Araeoscelidia Kuhn p. 15
1971Araeoscelidia Haubold p. 32
1974Araeoscelidia Haubold p. 33
1988Araeoscelida Carroll
1988Araeoscelidia Gauthier et al. p. 139 fig. 4.4
1989Araeoscelidia Gauthier et al. p. 343
1991Araeoscelidia Laurin p. 83 fig. 11
1995Araeoscelidia Laurin and Reisz pp. 171, 172 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Araeoscelidia(Williston 1913)
Araeoscelidia(Williston 1913)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. †Araeoscelidia Williston 1913
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Fm. †Araeoscelidae Williston 1910
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G. †Araeoscelis Williston 1910
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Araeoscelis casei Broom 1913
Araeoscelis gracilis Williston 1910
Invalid names: Ophiodeirus Broom 1913 [synonym]
G. †Kadaliosaurus Credner 1889
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Kadaliosaurus priscus Credner 1889
G. †Zarcasaurus Brinkman et al. 1984
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Zarcasaurus tanyderus Brinkman et al. 1984
Invalid names: Kadaliosauridae Williston 1912 [synonym]
G. †Halgaitosaurus Henrici et al. 2023
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Halgaitosaurus gregarius Henrici et al. 2023
Fm. †Petrolacosauridae Peabody 1952
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G. †Petrolacosaurus Lane 1945
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Invalid names: Podargosaurus hibbardi Lane 1945 [synonym]
Invalid names: Podargosaurus Lane 1945 [synonym]
G. †Spinoaequalis deBraga and Reisz 1995
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Spinoaequalis schultzei deBraga and Reisz 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Kungurian or 306.00000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian - Kungurian307.0 - 272.3USA (Utah) Halgaitosaurus gregarius (218159)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Petrolacosaurus kansensis, Podargosaurus hibbardi (80784)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Spinoaequalis schultzei (68427)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (New Mexico) Zarcasaurus tanyderus (171346)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Germany (Saxony) Kadaliosaurus priscus (52522)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Bolosaurus striatus (13044)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Araeoscelis casei (28250)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Araeoscelis gracilis (28267)