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Prosirenidae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Prosirenidae

Taxonomy
Prosirenidae was named by Estes (1969). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ambystomatoidea by Estes (1969) and Estes and Berberian (1970); and to Prosirenoidea by Estes (1981), Carroll (1988) and Barbera and Macuglia (1991).

Subtaxa
Prosiren

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Prosirenidae Estes p. 88
1970Prosirenidae Estes and Berberian p. 4
1981Prosirenidae Estes p. 18
1988Prosirenidae Carroll
1991Prosirenidae Barbera and Macuglia p. 421

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
suborderProsirenoidea
familyProsirenidae
familyProsirenidae

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. †Prosirenidae Estes 1969
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G. †Prosiren Goin and Auffenberg 1958
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†Prosiren elinorae Goin and Auffenberg 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 130.00000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Teruel) Prosirenidae indet. (36365)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0USA (Texas) Prosiren elinorae (14408)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (Texas) Prosiren elinorae (14375 14388)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Prosiren elinorae (14411 27604 27606)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Kazakhstan (Qyzylorda) Prosirenidae indet. (68826)