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Edaphosauridae
Taxonomy
Edaphosauridae was named by Cope (1882). Its type is Edaphosaurus.
It was assigned to Edaphosauriformes by Hay (1930); to Edaphosauria by Kuhn (1946); to Edaphosauria by Kuhn (1966), Daly (1973) and Kemp (1982); to Eupelycosauria by Reisz (1986); to Pelycosauria by Case (1907) and Carroll (1988); to Eupelycosauria by Mazierski and Reisz (2010); and to Sphenacomorpha by Spindler et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Edaphosauriformes by Hay (1930); to Edaphosauria by Kuhn (1946); to Edaphosauria by Kuhn (1966), Daly (1973) and Kemp (1982); to Eupelycosauria by Reisz (1986); to Pelycosauria by Case (1907) and Carroll (1988); to Eupelycosauria by Mazierski and Reisz (2010); and to Sphenacomorpha by Spindler et al. (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1882 | Edaphosauridae Cope p. 450 |
| 1907 | Edaphosauridae Case |
| 1907 | Naosaurinae Case |
| 1908 | Naosaurus raymondi Case |
| 1930 | Edaphosauridae Hay p. 57 |
| 1930 | Edaphosaurus raymondi Hay p. 59 |
| 1940 | Edaphosaurus raymondi Romer and Price |
| 1946 | Edaphosauridae Kuhn p. 56 |
| 1966 | Edaphosauridae Kuhn p. 123 |
| 1973 | Edaphosauridae Daly p. 587 |
| 1982 | Edaphosauridae Kemp p. 348 |
| 1986 | Edaphosaurus raymondi Reisz |
| 1986 | Edaphosauridae Reisz p. 71 |
| 1988 | Edaphosauridae Carroll |
| 2010 | Edaphosauridae Mazierski and Reisz p. 902 |
| 2019 | Edaphosauridae Spindler et al. |
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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. †Edaphosauridae Cope 1882
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G. †Edaphosaurus Cope 1882
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†Edaphosaurus boanerges Romer and Price 1940
†Edaphosaurus claviger Cope 1886
†Edaphosaurus colohistion Berman 1979
†Edaphosaurus credneri Jaekel 1910
†Edaphosaurus cruciger Cope 1878
†Edaphosaurus microdus Cope 1884
†Edaphosaurus novomexicanus Williston and Case 1913
†Edaphosaurus pogonias Cope 1882
Invalid names: Naosaurus Cope 1886 [synonym]
Invalid names: Naosauridae Case 1907 [synonym], Naosaurus raymondi Case 1908 [nomen vanum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Leonardian or 306.00000 to 273.01000 Ma
Collections (47 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kasimovian - Kungurian | USA (Utah) | Edaphosaurus sp. (218159) | |
| Missourian | USA (Kansas) | Ianthasaurus hardestii (80784) | |
| Missourian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Edaphosaurus raymondi (80775 180937) | |
| Missourian | USA (Colorado) | Ianthasaurus sp. (180938) | |
| Virgilian | USA (West Virginia) | Edaphosaurus colohistion (13049 177058) | |
| Virgilian | USA (New Mexico) | Edaphosaurus novomexicanus (34761) | |
| Gzhelian - Asselian | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | Remigiomontanus robustus (109702) | |
| Virgilian - Wolfcampian | USA (New Mexico) | Edaphosaurus novomexicanus (77412) | |
| Stephanian B | Czech Republic (Rakovník) | Naosaurus mirabilis (154179) | |
| Asselian | USA (Texas) | Edaphosaurus sp. (173721 207494 207496) | |
| Asselian | USA (Nebraska) | Edaphosauridae indet. (162676) | |
| Asselian - Sakmarian | USA (Texas) | Edaphosaurus boanerges (11165) Edaphosaurus sp. (207498) | |
| Wolfcampian | USA (Texas) | Edaphosaurus boanerges (22635 180978) Edaphosaurus sp. (80723) | |
| Wolfcampian | USA (New Mexico) | Edaphosaurus novomexicanus (80770 181077) | |
| Cisuralian | USA (Texas) | Edaphosaurus boanerges (227428 227431) | |
| Permian | USA (Oklahoma) | Edaphosaurus pogonias (221391) | |
| Sakmarian | Germany (Saxony) | Naosaurus credneri (52522) | |
| Sakmarian | USA (Texas) | Edaphosaurus sp. (28125) | |
| Sakmarian - Artinskian | USA (New Mexico) | Edaphosaurus sp. (180988) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Edaphosaurus boanerges (84716) Edaphosaurus microdus (28149) Edaphosaurus sp. (13080 28141 28145 28147) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Oklahoma) | Edaphosaurus sp. (79402) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Oklahoma) | Naosaurus cruciger (85733) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Edaphosaurus cruciger (85301) Glaucosaurus megalops (28242) | |
| Leonardian | USA (Oklahoma) | Edaphosaurus boanerges (180991) Edaphosaurus sp. (79815 180990) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Oklahoma) | Edaphosaurus sp. (67945) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | E. sp. (12976) Edaphosaurus pogonias, Naosaurus claviger (28256) Edaphosaurus sp. (27704 28264 28267) |