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Diadectomorpha

Taxonomy
Diadectomorpha was named by Watson (1917).

It was replaced with Diadectiformes by Hay (1930); it was reranked as the superfamily Diadectomorpha by Kuhn (1946); it was reranked as the order Diadectomorpha by Huene (1954) and Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the unranked clade Diadectomorpha by Laurin and Reisz (1995), Kissel and Lehman (2002) and Martens et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Diadecta by Olson (1947); to Reptiliomorphoidea by Huene (1954); to Cotylosauria by Kuhn (1946), Colbert (1946), Price (1947), Haughton and Brink (1954), Romer (1956) and Lewis and Vaughn (1965); to Cotylosauria by Kuhn (1966); to Anthracosauria by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Cotylosauria by Gauthier et al. (1988), Laurin and Reisz (1995) and Kissel and Lehman (2002); and to Reptilia by Martens et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Diadectomorpha Watson
1946Diadectomorpha Colbert p. 237
1946Diadectomorpha Kuhn p. 55
1947Diadectomorpha Olson p. 45
1947Diadectomorpha Price pp. 10, 19
1954Diadectimorpha Haughton and Brink p. 3
1954Diadectomorpha Huene p. 20
1956Diadectomorpha Romer p. 483
1965Diadectomorpha Lewis and Vaughn p. C13
1965Limnoscelops Lewis and Vaughn p. C21
1965Limnoscelops longifemur Lewis and Vaughn p. C27
1966Diadectomorpha Kuhn p. 15
1988Limnoscelops Carroll
1988Diadectomorpha Gauthier et al. p. 139 fig. 4.3
1989Diadectomorpha Gauthier et al. p. 340
1995Diadectomorpha Laurin and Reisz p. 172 fig. 2
2002Diadectomorpha Kissel and Lehman p. 533
2005Diadectomorpha Martens et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Diadectomorpha(Watson 1917)
Diadectomorpha(Watson 1917)

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.

Unr. †Diadectomorpha Watson 1917
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Fm. †Diadectidae Cope 1880
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G. †Alveusdectes Liu and Bever 2015
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Alveusdectes fenestratus Liu and Bever 2015
G. †Ambedus Kissel and Reisz 2004
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Ambedus pusilus Kissel and Reisz 2004
G. †Animasaurus Case and Williston 1912
G. †Bolbodon Cope 1896
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Bolbodon tenuitectus Cope 1896
G. †Chilonyx Cope 1883
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Chilonyx rapidens Cope 1878
G. †Desmatodon Case 1908
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Desmatodon hesperis Vaughn 1969
Desmatodon hollandi Case 1908
G. †Diadectes Cope 1878
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Diadectes absitus Berman et al. 1998
Diadectes alatus Cope 1878
Diadectes carinatus Case and Williston 1912
Diadectes cretin Case 1911
Diadectes fissus Cope 1883
Diadectes lentus Marsh 1878
Diadectes molaris Cope 1878
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Invalid names: Diadectes biculminatus Cope 1896 [synonym], Diadectes latibuccatus Cope 1878 [synonym], Diadectes phaseolinus Cope 1880 [synonym], Diadectes rapidens Cope 1878 [synonym], Empedias alatus Cope 1878 [synonym], Empedias fissus Cope 1883 [synonym], Empedocles molaris Cope 1878 [synonym], Helodectes isaaci Cope 1880 [synonym], Helodectes paridens Cope 1880 [synonym]
Diadectes tenuitectes Cope 1896
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Invalid names: Diadectes huenei Broom 1914 [synonym], Diadectes maximus Case 1910 [synonym], Diadectoides cretin Case 1911 [synonym]
Diadectes tenuitectus Cope 1896
Diadectes zenos Case 1910
Invalid names: Empedocles Cope 1878 [synonym], Nothodon Marsh 1878 [synonym], Silvadectes Kissel 2010 [nomen nudum]
G. †Diadectoides Case 1911
G. †Diasparactus Case 1910
G. †Empedias Cope 1883
G. †Ichniotherium Pohlig 1892
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Ichniotherium cottae Pohlig 1885
Ichniotherium gilmorei Haubold 1971
G. †Oradectes Kissel 2010
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Oradectes sanmiguelensis Lewis and Vaughn 1965
G. †Orobates Berman et al. 2004
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Orobates pabsti Berman et al. 2004
G. †Phanerosaurus Meyer 1860
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Phanerosaurus naumanni Meyer 1860
Invalid names: Nothodontidae Marsh 1878 [synonym]
Subor. †Diadectoidea Romer 1956
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Fm. †Stephanospondylidae Stappenbeck 1905
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G. †Stephanospondylus Stappenbeck 1905
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Stephanospondylus pugnax Geinitz and Deichmüller 1882
Invalid names: Diadecta Olson 1947 [synonym], Korynichniidae Lotze 1928 [empty]
Fm. †Limnoscelidae Williston 1911
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G. †Limnoscelis Williston 1911
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Limnoscelis dynatis Berman and Sumida 1990
Limnoscelis paludis Williston 1911
G. †Limnostygis Carroll 1967
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Limnostygis relictus Carroll 1967
Fm. †Tseajaiidae Vaughn 1964
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G. †Tseajaia Vaughn 1964
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Tseajaia campi Vaughn 1964
Invalid names: Limnoscelops Lewis and Vaughn 1965 [nomen dubium], Limnoscelops longifemur Lewis and Vaughn 1965 [nomen dubium], Millerinidae Broom 1938 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available