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Discosauriscus

Karpinskiosauridae

Taxonomy

Discosauriscus was named by Kuhn (1933). It is not extant. Its type is Archegosaurus austriacus.

It was assigned to Seymouriamorpha by Kuhn (1964); to Discosauridae by Carroll et al. (1972); to Discosauriscidae by Carroll (1988); and to Discosauriscinae by Bulanov (2003).

Species

D. austriacus (syn. D. potamites, D. permianus, Melanerpeton falax, Letoverpeton moravicum, Melanerpeton magnum, Melanerpeton perneri, Melanerpeton potamites, D. pulcherrimus, Melanerpeton pulcherrimum, Melanerpeton spiniceps, Branchiosaurus moravicus, Letoverpeton austriacum, Melanerpeton longicaudatum), D. egregius, D. netschajevi, D. purlensis, D. sacheti (syn. Melanerpeton sacheti)

Synonyms

Discosaurus was named by Credner (1883).

It was replaced with Discosauriscus by Kuhn (1933).

It was assigned to Rachitomi by Watson (1919).
Letoverpeton was named by Spinar (1952). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Discosauriscus by Klembara (1997).

It was assigned to Discosauridae by Carroll et al. (1972); and to Discosauriscidae by Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1883	Discosaurus Credner
1919	Discosaurus Watson p. 67
1933	Discosauriscus Kuhn
1952	Letoverpeton Spinar
1964	Discosauriscus Kuhn p. 324
1972	Discosauriscus Carroll et al. p. 31
1972	Letoverpeton Carroll et al. p. 35
1988	Discosauriscus Carroll
1988	Letoverpeton Carroll
2003	Discosauriscus Bulanov

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
suborder	Seymouriamorpha	Watson 1917
superfamily	Seymourioidea	Tatarinov 1971
family	Karpinskiosauridae
subfamily	Discosauriscinae	Romer 1947
genus	Discosauriscus	Kuhn 1933

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. †Discosauriscus Kuhn 1933

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†Discosauriscus austriacus Makowsky 1876

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Invalid names: Branchiosaurus moravicus Fritsch 1883 [synonym], Discosauriscus permianus Ivakhnenko 1981 [synonym], Discosauriscus potamites Steen 1938 [synonym], Discosauriscus pulcherrimus Fritsch 1879 [synonym], Letoverpeton austriacum Makowsky 1876 [synonym], Letoverpeton moravicum Fritsch 1883 [synonym], Melanerpeton falax Fritsch 1879 [synonym], Melanerpeton longicaudatum Augusta 1936 [synonym], Melanerpeton magnum Augusta 1936 [synonym], Melanerpeton perneri Augusta 1936 [synonym], Melanerpeton potamites Steen 1938 [synonym]

†Discosauriscus egregius Shishkin 1968

†Discosauriscus netschajevi Riabinin 1911

†Discosauriscus purlensis Shishkin 1968

†Discosauriscus sacheti Heyler 1969

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Invalid names: Melanerpeton sacheti Saint-Seine 1949 [synonym]

Invalid names: Discosaurus Credner 1883 [replaced], Letoverpeton Spinar 1952 [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 Asselian to the top of the Urzhumian or 298.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Asselian	298.9 - 295.5	Czech Republic	D. pulcherrimus (218107) Melanerpeton potamites (156569)
Asselian	298.9 - 295.5	Germany (Thuringia)	D. pulcherrimus (180778)
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	Czech Republic	D. austriacus (51265)
Autunian	298.9 - 283.5	Czech Republic	D. pulcherrimus, Melanerpeton pulcherrimum (180780)
Autunian	298.9 - 283.5	Czech Republic (Moravia)	D. pulcherrimus, D. austriacus (87877)
Cisuralian	298.9 - 273.01	Czech Republic (South Moravia)	Melanerpeton falax, D. austriacus (197951)
Cisuralian	298.9 - 273.01	France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)	Melanerpeton sacheti (197929)
Cisuralian	298.9 - 273.01	Czech Republic	D. austriacus (200050)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)	D. austriacus (197925)
Rotliegendes	283.5 - 259.51	Czech Republic (Boheme)	Melanerpeton pulcherrimum (58139)
Urzhumian	266.9 - 264.28	Russian Federation (Bashkortostan)	D. netschajevi (187931)