Osteichthyes - Cotylosauria - Diadectidae
Alternative combination: Bolbodon tenuitectes
Synonyms: Diadectes huenei Broom 1914, Diadectes maximus Case 1910, Diadectoides cretin Case 1911
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1896. Second contribution to the history of the Cotylosauria. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 35(151):122-139
Belongs to Diadectes according to R. Kissel 2010
See also Carroll et al. 1972, Case 1910, Case 1911, Cope 1896 and Hay 1930
Sister taxa: Diadectes absitus, Diadectes alatus, Diadectes carinatus, Diadectes cretin, Diadectes fissus, Diadectes lentus, Diadectes molaris, Diadectes sideropelicus, Diadectes tenuitectus, Diadectes zenos, Silvadectes, Empedocles alatus
Type specimens:
- Diadectes tenuitectes: AMNH 4375, a partial skull. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.
- Diadectes huenei: Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.
- Diadectes maximus: AMNH 4392, a set of vertebrae (three lumbar vertebrae).
- Diadectoides cretin: Its type locality is Beaver Creek, 42 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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