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Anthracosauridae

Anthracosauridae

Taxonomy
Anthracosauridae was named by Cope (1875).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Anthracosauridae by Gardiner (1982).

It was assigned to Labyrinthodontia by Cope (1875); to Apoecospondyli by Hay (1902); to Anthracosauroidea by Kuhn (1946); to Embolomera by Panchen (1970); to Amniota by Gardiner (1982); and to Embolomeri by Carroll et al. (1972) and Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Anthracosauridae Cope p. 10
1902Anthracosauridae Hay p. 421
1946Anthracosauridae Kuhn p. 51
1970Anthracosauridae Panchen p. 43
1972Anthracosauridae Carroll et al. p. 21
1982Anthracosauridae Gardiner p. 228
1988Anthracosauridae Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
suborderEmbolomeri
familyAnthracosauridae
familyAnthracosauridae

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. †Anthracosauridae Cope 1875
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G. †Anthracosaurus Huxley 1863
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†Anthracosaurus lancifer Newberry 1856
†Anthracosaurus russelli Huxley 1863
G. †Eobaphetes Moodie 1916
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†Eobaphetes kansensis Moodie 1911
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 A to the top of the Westphalian D or 318.70000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Namurian - Westphalian330.9 - 307.5USA (Arkansas) Eobaphetes kansensis (178846)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Anthracosaurus russelli (178845)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Anthracosaurus russelli (176242)
Westphalian B - Westphalian C316.9 - 309.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Anthracosaurus russelli (178804)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Ohio) Anthracosaurus lancifer (85292)