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Baphetidae

Baphetidae

Taxonomy

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Baphetidae Cope p. 10
1917Loxommatidae Watson
1946Loxommidae Kuhn p. 51
1977Loxommatidae Beaumont
1982Loxommatidae Gardiner p. 228
1988Loxommatidae Carroll
1989Loxommatidae Gauthier et al. p. 339
2015Baphetidae Clack and Milner p. 49

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

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. †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]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Moscovian or 336.00000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 326.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Loxommatidae indet. (22725)
Brigantian336.0 - 326.4United Kingdom Loxomma allmanni (132778)
Pendleian326.4 - 318.1United Kingdom (Scotland) Loxomma sp. (174421)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2United Kingdom (England) Baphetes kirkbyi (176241) Orthosaurus pachycephalus (176252 176257 176262 176264)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Orthosaurus pachycephalus (176258 176259 176260 176261)
Westphalian A318.1 - 314.6Canada (Nova Scotia) Baphetes minor (86946)
Westphalian A318.1 - 314.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Loxomma rankini (175922)
Westphalian A318.1 - 314.6United Kingdom (England) Orthosaurus pachycephalus (176254)
Westphalian318.1 - 306.95United Kingdom (England) Kyrinion martilli (176067)
Westphalian318.1 - 306.95United Kingdom (Scotland) Baphetes kirkbyi, Pteroplax brevicornis (176242)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Baphetes planiceps (176017)
Westphalian B - Westphalian C314.6 - 311.45United Kingdom (Scotland) Loxomma acutirhinus, Baphetes latirostris (178804)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.45United Kingdom (Scotland) Baphetes kirkbyi (157227)
Desmoinesian313.8 - 305.9USA (Ohio) Megalocephalus lineolatus (176092)
Westphalian D311.45 - 306.95Czech Republic (Pilsen) Baphetes orientalis, Loxomma bohemicum (84835)
Westphalian D311.45 - 306.95USA (Ohio) Baphetes lintonensis, Leptophractus lineolatus (85292)