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Anthracosauroidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Anthracosauroidea Cope
1946Anthracosauroidea Kuhn p. 51
1988Anthracosauroidea Gauthier et al. p. 139 fig. 4.3
1989Anthracosauroidea Gauthier et al. p. 340
1994Anthracosauroidea Clack p. 369

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
suborderEmbolomeri
superfamilyAnthracosauroideaCope 1872
superfamilyAnthracosauroideaCope 1872

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.

Superfm. †Anthracosauroidea Cope 1872
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Fm. †Cricotidae Cope 1884
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G. †Cricotillus Case 1902
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Fm. †Eogyrinidae Watson 1929
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G. †Aversor Gubin 1985
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†Aversor dmitrievi Gubin 1985
G. †Calligenethlon Steen 1934
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†Calligenethlon watsoni Steen 1934
G. †Carbonoherpeton Klembara 1985
G. †Diplovertebron Fritsch 1879
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†Diplovertebron punctatum Fritsch 1879
G. †Leptophractus Cope 1873
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G. †Neopteroplax Romer 1963
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†Neopteroplax relictus Romer 1963
G. †Nummulosaurus Fritsch 1901
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†Nummulosaurus kolbii Fritsch 1900
G. †Pholiderpeton Huxley 1869
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†Pholiderpeton attheyi Watson 1926
†Pholiderpeton scutigerum Huxley 1869
Invalid names: Eogyrinus Watson 1926 [synonym]
G. †Pteroplax Hancock and Atthey 1868
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†Pteroplax cornutus Hancock and Atthey 1868
Invalid names: Otocratiidae Watson 1926 [empty], Palaeogyrinidae Watson 1926 [empty]
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 Westphalian A to the top of the Artinskian or 318.70000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian - Bashkirian330.9 - 315.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Pholiderpeton bretonense (175248)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2United Kingdom (England) Eogyrinus attheyi (176264) Eogyrinus attheyi, Pteroplax cornuta (177139)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Pholiderpeton scutigerum (175174 176254)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Pholiderpeton scutigerum (175922)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Calligenethlon watsoni (28069)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Eogyrinus attheyi (179053) Pholiderpeton sp. (176242)
Westphalian B - Westphalian C316.9 - 309.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Eogyrinus attheyi (178804)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom Pholiderpeton scutigerum (137311)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Czech Republic Nummulosaurus kolbii (125662)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5Canada (Nova Scotia) Carbonoherpeton carrolli (80111)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Ohio) Leptophractus obsoletus (85292)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5Czech Republic (Pilsen) Diplovertebron punctatum (84835)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4USA (Ohio) Neopteroplax conemaughensis (178844 179045)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4USA (Texas) Neopteroplax relictus (175919)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Oklahoma) Cricotillus brachydens (79402)
Ufimian279.5 - 272.5Russian Federation (Komi) Aversor dmitrievi (84719)