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Proterogyrinidae

Proterogyrinidae

Taxonomy
Proterogyrinidae was named by Romer (1970). Its type is Proterogyrinus.

It was assigned to Anthracosauria by Romer (1970); and to Embolomeri by Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Proterogyrinidae Romer p. 2
1988Proterogyrinidae Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
familyProterogyrinidae
familyProterogyrinidae

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. †Proterogyrinidae Romer 1970
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G. †Papposaurus Watson 1914
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Papposaurus traquairi Watson 1914
G. †Proterogyrinus Romer 1970
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Invalid names: Mauchchunkia bassa Hotton, III 1970 [synonym]
Invalid names: Mauchchunkia Hotton, III 1970 [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: Arnsbergian or 326.40000 to 318.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian - Bashkirian330.9 - 315.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Proterogyrinidae indet. (175248)
Arnsbergian326.4 - 318.1USA (West Virginia) Mauchchunkia bassa, Proterogyrinus scheelei (124949)