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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