Osteichthyes - Tetrapoda - Colosteidae
Synonym: Pholidogasteridae Watson 1917 [objective synonym]
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1:1-109
Parent taxon: Tetrapoda according to J. A. Clack and A. R. Milner 2015
See also Carroll 1988, Carroll et al. 1972, Cope 1875, Gauthier et al. 1989, Hay 1902 and Kuhn 1946
Sister taxa: Acanthostegidae, Aistopoda, Amphibia, Antlerpeton, Austrobrachyops, Austrobrachyops jenseni, Aytonerpeton, Baphetoidea, Brittagnathus, Caerorhachidae, Casineria, Characichnos, Chroniosuchia, Collettosaurus, Crassigyrinidae, Crucipes, Diploradus, Dipodiscus, Doragnathus, Eldeceeon, Embolomeri, Erpetopus, Hemispondyla, Janusichnus, Janusichnus bifrons, Kirktonecta, Koilops, Laoporus, Limnosceloides, Limnosceloides brachycoles, Limnosceloides dunkardensis, Lunaepes, Merifontichnus, Mesanerpeton, Microsauropus, Miosauria, Namuncurania malarguense, Nasopus grimmi, Nothosaurops occiduus, Ossirarus, Paleosauropus, Parmastega, Perittodus, Plesiosaurus vaccinsulensis, Polyptychodon mackesoni, Reniformichnus, Reptiliomorpha, Romeriscus, Romeriscus periallus, Saurichnium parallelum, Sigournea, Silvanerpeton, Solenodonsaurus, Solidopus, Solidopus perissodactylus, Tambachichnium, Tantallognathus, Tetrapodium, Thecodontichnus, Theriodesmus, Typopus, Wangwusaurus, Wangwusaurus tayuensis, Westlothiana, Whatcheeriidae
Subtaxa: Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Ichthyerpeton Pholidogaster
Type: Colosteus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nova Scotia collections), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (7: Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia)
Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences