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Baphetoidea

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Baphetoidea was named by Cope (1875). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Labyrinthodontia by Anderson (2001); and to Tetrapoda by Clack and Milner (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Baphetoidea Cope
2001Baphetoidea Anderson
2015Baphetoidea Clack and Milner p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
superfamilyBaphetoideaCope 1875
superfamilyBaphetoideaCope 1875

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.

Superfm. †Baphetoidea Cope 1875
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Fm. †Baphetidae Cope 1875
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Subfm. †Baphetinae Cope 1875
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G. †Baphetes Owen 1854
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†Baphetes kirkbyi Watson 1929
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Invalid names: Baphetes latirostris Watson 1929 [objective synonym]
†Baphetes orientalis Milner et al. 2009
†Baphetes planiceps Owen 1854
Invalid names: Baphetes minor Dawson 1870 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Loxommatidae Watson 1917 [objective synonym]
G. †Eucritta Clack 1998
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Fm. †Spathicephalidae Beaumont 1977
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G. †Spathicephalus Watson 1928
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†Spathicephalus marsdeni Smithson et al. 2017
†Spathicephalus mirus Watson 1929
†Spathicephalus pereger Baird 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Westphalian D or 335.90000 to 307.40000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Eucritta melanolimnetes (174420) Spathicephalus marsdeni (188401)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Loxommatidae indet. (22725)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom Loxomma allmanni (132778)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Loxomma sp., Spathicephalus mirus (174421)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (England) Spathicephalus mirus (22726)
Serpukhovian - Bashkirian330.3 - 315.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Spathicephalus pereger (175248)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Orthosaurus pachycephalus (176258 176259 176260 176261)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2United Kingdom (England) Baphetes kirkbyi (176241) Orthosaurus pachycephalus (176252 176257 176262 176264)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Orthosaurus pachycephalus (176254)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Loxomma rankini (175922)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Baphetes minor (86946)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Baphetes kirkbyi, Pteroplax brevicornis (176242)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4United Kingdom (England) Kyrinion martilli (176067)
Westphalian B - Westphalian C316.9 - 309.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Loxomma acutirhinus, Baphetes latirostris (178804)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Baphetes planiceps (176017)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.46United Kingdom (Scotland) Baphetes kirkbyi (157227)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Megalocephalus lineolatus (176092)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4Czechia (Pilsen) Baphetes orientalis, Loxomma bohemicum (84835)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4USA (Ohio) Baphetes lintonensis, Leptophractus lineolatus (85292)