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Wellesaurus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Taxonomy
Wellesaurus was named by Lehman (1971). Its type is Parotosaurus peabodyi.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schoch and Milner (2000).

It was assigned to Capitosauridae by Carroll (1988); and to Mastodonsauridae by Damiani (2001).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Wellesaurus Lehman p. 73
1988Wellesaurus Carroll
2001Wellesaurus Damiani p. 431

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
Capitosauroidea()
familyMastodonsauridaeLydekker 1885
genusWellesaurus

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.

G. †Wellesaurus Lehman 1971
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Wellesaurus peabodyi Welles and Cosgriff 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Spathian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2USA (Arizona) Capitosauridae indet. (95109) Parotosaurus peabodyi (95105 95106)