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Diplocaulidae
Taxonomy
Diplocaulidae was named by Cope (1881). It is not extant. Its type is Diplocaulus.
It was assigned to Pelycosauria by Cope (1881); to Microsauria by Hay (1902); to Lepospondyli by Broili (1904) and Case (1946); to Nectridia by Kuhn (1946); and to Nectridea by Carroll et al. (1998).
It was assigned to Pelycosauria by Cope (1881); to Microsauria by Hay (1902); to Lepospondyli by Broili (1904) and Case (1946); to Nectridia by Kuhn (1946); and to Nectridea by Carroll et al. (1998).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1881 | Diplocaulidae Cope p. 163 |
1902 | Diplocaulidae Hay p. 416 |
1903 | Keraterpetontidae Jaekel |
1904 | Diplocaulidae Broili p. 26 |
1946 | Diplocaulidae Case p. 346 |
1946 | Ceraterpetontidae Kuhn p. 53 |
1946 | Diplocaulidae Kuhn p. 53 |
1970 | Keraterpetontidae Olson p. 410 |
1973 | Keraterpetontidae Daly p. 570 |
1988 | Keraterpetontidae Carroll |
1998 | Diplocaulidae Carroll et al. p. xii |
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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.
Fm. †Diplocaulidae Cope 1881
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G. †Batrachiderpeton Hancock and Atthey 1871
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†Batrachiderpeton lineatum Hancock and Atthey 1869
†Batrachiderpeton reticulatum Hancock and Atthey 1869
G. †Diploceraspis
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G. †Hermundurichnus Walter and Werneburg 1988
G. †Keraterpeton Wright and Huxley 1866
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†Keraterpeton galvani Huxley 1867
†Keraterpeton gigas Fritsch 1889
†Keraterpeton longtoni Carroll et al. 1998
†Keraterpeton punctolineatum Cope 1875
Invalid names: Keraterpetontidae Jaekel 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004 |
Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 318.10000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections (92 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Bashkirian | United Kingdom (England) | Batrachiderpeton lineatum (132670) Keraterpeton longtoni (176262) Urocordylus reticulatus (177139) | |
Westphalian A | Ireland (Lenister) | Keraterpeton galvani (175806) | |
Desmoinesian | USA (Ohio) | Diceratosaurus brevirostris (176092) | |
Westphalian D | USA (Ohio) | Tuditanus brevirostris (85292) | |
Stephanian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Diplocaulus sp., Diploceraspis conemaughensis (126535) | |
Stephanian - Sakmarian | USA (West Virginia) | Diploceraspis sp. (126541) | |
Stephanian - Sakmarian | USA (Ohio) | Diploceraspis sp. (126536) | |
Missourian | USA (Illinois) | Diplocaulus salamandroides (80714) | |
Stephanian B | Czech Republic (Rakovník) | Keraterpeton gigas (154179) | |
Gzhelian - Sakmarian | USA (New Mexico) | Diplocaulus sp. (180989) | |
Virgilian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Diplocaulus salamandroides (176408) | |
Virgilian | USA (Kansas) | Diplocaulus sp. (180633) | |
Virgilian | USA (West Virginia) | Diploceraspis burkei (177058) | |
Permian | USA (Oklahoma) | Diplocaulus sp. (221389 221391 221392) | |
Wolfcamp | USA (New Mexico) | Diplocaulus sp. (85436 180974 181037 181078) | |
Sakmarian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Diploceraspis sp. (126574) | |
Sakmarian | USA (West Virginia) | Diploceraspis burkei (126543) Diploceraspis sp. (126542 126544 126545 126546 126547 126548 126549 126570 126571 126572 126575 126577 126578 126579 126580 126581 126582 126583 126584) | |
Sakmarian | USA (Kansas) | Ductilodon pruitti (180979) | |
Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Diplocaulus sp. (13080 22714) | |
Artinskian | USA (Oklahoma) | Diplocaulus magnicornis (79402) Diplocaulus sp. (220872) | |
Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Diplocaulus sp. (28241 85299 85300 85301) | |
Artinskian - Roadian | USA (Texas) | Diplocaulus sp. (180992) | |
Leonard | USA (Texas) | Diplocaulus recurvatus (85362 177006 177018 178739) | |
Leonard | USA (Oklahoma) | Diplocaulus magnicornis (85567 180990 180991) Diplocaulus sp. (79815) | |
Kungurian | USA (Oklahoma) | Diplocaulus magnicornis, Peronedon primus (67945) Peronedon primus (79531) | |
Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Diplocaulus magnicornis (28275 177019) Diplocaulus magnicornis, Peronedon primus, Diplocaulus recurvatus (67735) Diplocaulus magnicornis, Platyops parvus, Diplocaulus brevirostris, Diplocaulus primigenius (28267) Diplocaulus recurvatus (12976 85551 85552 85553 85555 177000 177002 177005 177014 177015 177017 178738) Diplocaulus sp. (22716 28264 28266 28273 28277) Diplocaulus sp., Diplocaulus magnicornis (28261 28270) Diplocaulus sp., Diplocaulus magnicornis, Diplocaulus limbatus, Diplocaulus brevirostris (28256) Diplocaulus sp., Diplocaulus recurvatus (27704) Platyops sp., Diplocaulus copei (28272) Reptilia indet., Peronedon sp. (90452) | |
Roadian - Wordian | USA (Oklahoma) | Diplocaulus parvus (27400) | |
Wuchiapingian | Morocco (Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz) | Diplocaulus minimus (89607) |