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Diadectomorpha

Taxonomy
Diadectomorpha was named by Watson (1917).

It was replaced with Diadectiformes by Hay (1930); it was reranked as the superfamily Diadectomorpha by Kuhn (1946); it was reranked as the order Diadectomorpha by Huene (1954) and Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the unranked clade Diadectomorpha by Laurin and Reisz (1995), Kissel and Lehman (2002) and Martens et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Diadecta by Olson (1947); to Reptiliomorphoidea by Huene (1954); to Cotylosauria by Kuhn (1946), Colbert (1946), Price (1947), Haughton and Brink (1954), Romer (1956) and Lewis and Vaughn (1965); to Cotylosauria by Kuhn (1966); to Anthracosauria by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Cotylosauria by Gauthier et al. (1988), Laurin and Reisz (1995) and Kissel and Lehman (2002); and to Reptilia by Martens et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Diadectomorpha Watson
1946Diadectomorpha Colbert p. 237
1946Diadectomorpha Kuhn p. 55
1947Diadectomorpha Olson p. 45
1947Diadectomorpha Price pp. 10, 19
1954Diadectimorpha Haughton and Brink p. 3
1954Diadectomorpha Huene p. 20
1956Diadectomorpha Romer p. 483
1965Diadectomorpha Lewis and Vaughn p. C13
1965Limnoscelops Lewis and Vaughn p. C21
1965Limnoscelops longifemur Lewis and Vaughn p. C27
1966Diadectomorpha Kuhn p. 15
1988Limnoscelops Carroll
1988Diadectomorpha Gauthier et al. p. 139 fig. 4.3
1989Diadectomorpha Gauthier et al. p. 340
1995Diadectomorpha Laurin and Reisz p. 172 fig. 2
2002Diadectomorpha Kissel and Lehman p. 533
2005Diadectomorpha Martens et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Diadectomorpha(Watson 1917)
Diadectomorpha(Watson 1917)

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. †Diadectomorpha Watson 1917
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Fm. †Diadectidae Cope 1880
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G. †Alveusdectes Liu and Bever 2015
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Alveusdectes fenestratus Liu and Bever 2015
G. †Ambedus Kissel and Reisz 2004
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Ambedus pusilus Kissel and Reisz 2004
G. †Animasaurus Case and Williston 1912
G. †Bolbodon Cope 1896
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Bolbodon tenuitectus Cope 1896
G. †Chilonyx Cope 1883
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Chilonyx rapidens Cope 1878
G. †Desmatodon Case 1908
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Desmatodon hesperis Vaughn 1969
Desmatodon hollandi Case 1908
G. †Diadectes Cope 1878
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Diadectes absitus Berman et al. 1998
Diadectes alatus Cope 1878
Diadectes carinatus Case and Williston 1912
Diadectes cretin Case 1911
Diadectes fissus Cope 1883
Diadectes lentus Marsh 1878
Diadectes molaris Cope 1878
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Invalid names: Diadectes biculminatus Cope 1896 [synonym], Diadectes latibuccatus Cope 1878 [synonym], Diadectes phaseolinus Cope 1880 [synonym], Diadectes rapidens Cope 1878 [synonym], Empedias alatus Cope 1878 [synonym], Empedias fissus Cope 1883 [synonym], Empedocles molaris Cope 1878 [synonym], Helodectes isaaci Cope 1880 [synonym], Helodectes paridens Cope 1880 [synonym]
Diadectes tenuitectes Cope 1896
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Invalid names: Diadectes huenei Broom 1914 [synonym], Diadectes maximus Case 1910 [synonym], Diadectoides cretin Case 1911 [synonym]
Diadectes tenuitectus Cope 1896
Diadectes zenos Case 1910
Invalid names: Empedocles Cope 1878 [synonym], Nothodon Marsh 1878 [synonym], Silvadectes Kissel 2010 [nomen nudum]
G. †Diadectoides Case 1911
G. †Diasparactus Case 1910
G. †Empedias Cope 1883
G. †Ichniotherium Pohlig 1892
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Ichniotherium cottae Pohlig 1885
Ichniotherium gilmorei Haubold 1971
G. †Oradectes Kissel 2010
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Oradectes sanmiguelensis Lewis and Vaughn 1965
G. †Orobates Berman et al. 2004
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Orobates pabsti Berman et al. 2004
G. †Phanerosaurus Meyer 1860
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Phanerosaurus naumanni Meyer 1860
Invalid names: Nothodontidae Marsh 1878 [synonym]
Subor. †Diadectoidea Romer 1956
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Fm. †Stephanospondylidae Stappenbeck 1905
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G. †Stephanospondylus Stappenbeck 1905
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Stephanospondylus pugnax Geinitz and Deichmüller 1882
Invalid names: Diadecta Olson 1947 [synonym], Korynichniidae Lotze 1928 [empty]
Fm. †Limnoscelidae Williston 1911
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G. †Limnoscelis Williston 1911
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Limnoscelis dynatis Berman and Sumida 1990
Limnoscelis paludis Williston 1911
G. †Limnostygis Carroll 1967
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Limnostygis relictus Carroll 1967
Fm. †Tseajaiidae Vaughn 1964
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G. †Tseajaia Vaughn 1964
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Tseajaia campi Vaughn 1964
Invalid names: Limnoscelops Lewis and Vaughn 1965 [nomen dubium], Limnoscelops longifemur Lewis and Vaughn 1965 [nomen dubium], Millerinidae Broom 1938 [empty]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Westphalian C to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 314.60000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 306.95Canada (Nova Scotia) Limnostygis relictus (80111)
Missourian305.9 - 303.4USA (Colorado) Limnoscelis dynatis (77786) Limnoscelis dynatis, Desmatodon hesperis (180938)
Missourian305.9 - 303.4USA (Pennsylvania) Desmatodon hollandi (180937)
Gzhelian - Sakmarian303.7 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) Diadectes sp. (180989)
Virgilian303.4 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Limnoscelis paludis, Diasparactus zenos, Desmatodon hollandi (34761)
Virgilian303.4 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Diasparactus zenos (13947)
Virgilian303.4 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Diasparactus sp. (215555)
Virgilian - Wolfcamp303.4 - 268.0USA (New Mexico) Limnoscelis sp., Diadectes sp. (77412)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Nebraska) Diadectidae indet. (179620)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany (Saxony) Phanerosaurus naumanni (180950)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Diadectes sp. (173721 207496)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany (Thuringia) Ichniotherium cottae (180765)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Utah) Limnoscelidae indet. (13257)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Texas) Diadectes sp. (11165)
Rotliegendes298.9 - 254.0Poland (Lower Silesia) Ichniotherium cottae (197201)
Permian298.9 - 252.17USA (Oklahoma) Diadectes sp. (221391)
Wolfcamp296.4 - 268.0USA (Oklahoma) Diadectes sp. (28394)
Wolfcamp296.4 - 268.0USA (Colorado) Animasaurus carinatus (180939) Diadectes sanmiguelensis (85481) Limnoscelops longifemur (85475 85479)
Wolfcamp296.4 - 268.0USA (New Mexico) Diadectes lentus (80833 180106 180383 180384 180940) Diadectes sp. (85436 180382 180974 181075) Diadectidae indet. (28067) Diasparactus zenos (80130) Tseajaia campi (171346)
Wolfcamp296.4 - 268.0USA (Texas) Diadectes sideropelicus (180957 180978)
Wolfcamp - Leonard296.4 - 268.0USA (Utah) Diadectes sp., Tseajaia campi (80110)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1Germany (Saxony) Phanerosaurus pugnax (52522)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1USA (Ohio) Ambedus pusilus (80877)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1USA (Texas) Diadectes latibuccatus (28124) Diadectes sp. (28125)
Sakmarian - Artinskian295.5 - 279.3USA (New Mexico) Diadectes sp. (180988)
Sakmarian - Artinskian295.5 - 279.3USA (Texas) Diadectes phaseolinus, Empedias molaris (28324)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Diadectes latibuccatus, Diadectes phaseolinus, Empedias molaris (108766) Diadectes sideropelicus (84716) Diadectes sideropelicus, Diadectes biculminatus, Empedias alatus (28142) Diadectes sp. (13080 28143 28145 28146 28147 28148 28149 28238 28240) Diadectes sp., Empedias fissus (28150)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Germany (Thuringia) Diadectes absitus, Orobates pabsti, Ichniotherium cottae (80112)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Diadectes sp. (28241 85301) Diadectes sp., Chilonyx rapidens (28252) Diadectes sp., Helodectes isaaci, Helodectes paridens (28253)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) Diadectes sp. (85733)
Artinskian - Roadian290.1 - 268.8USA (Texas) Diadectes sp. (180992)
Leonard290.1 - 268.0USA (Texas) Diadectes sp. (68171)
Leonard290.1 - 268.0USA (Oklahoma) Diadectes sp. (180990 180991)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Bolbodon tenuitectes, Diadectes huenei (28256) Chilonyx rapidens (28251) Diadectes sp. (28264 28267 28272 28273 67735 178738) Diadectes sp., Diadectoides cretin (28275)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Henan) Alveusdectes fenestratus (171025)
Lopingian259.9 - 252.17Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige) Ichniotherium cottae (188750)