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Diplocaulidae
Taxonomy
Diplocaulidae was named by Cope (1881). It is not extant. Its type is Diplocaulus.
It was assigned to Pelycosauria by Cope (1881); to Microsauria by Hay (1902); to Nectridia by Kuhn (1946); to Lepospondyli by Broili (1904) and Case (1946); and to Nectridea by Carroll et al. (1998).
It was assigned to Pelycosauria by Cope (1881); to Microsauria by Hay (1902); to Nectridia by Kuhn (1946); to Lepospondyli by Broili (1904) and Case (1946); and to Nectridea by Carroll et al. (1998).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1881 | Diplocaulidae Cope p. 163 |
| 1902 | Diplocaulidae Hay p. 416 |
| 1903 | Keraterpetontidae Jaekel |
| 1904 | Diplocaulidae Broili p. 26 |
| 1946 | Diplocaulidae Case p. 346 |
| 1946 | Ceraterpetontidae Kuhn p. 53 |
| 1946 | Diplocaulidae Kuhn p. 53 |
| 1970 | Keraterpetontidae Olson p. 410 |
| 1973 | Keraterpetontidae Daly p. 570 |
| 1988 | Keraterpetontidae Carroll |
| 1998 | Diplocaulidae Carroll et al. p. xii |
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Fm. †Diplocaulidae Cope 1881
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G. †Batrachiderpeton Hancock and Atthey 1871
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†Batrachiderpeton lineatum Hancock and Atthey 1869
†Batrachiderpeton reticulatum Hancock and Atthey 1869
G. †Diploceraspis
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G. †Hermundurichnus Walter and Werneburg 1988
G. †Keraterpeton Wright and Huxley 1866
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†Keraterpeton galvani Huxley 1867
†Keraterpeton gigas Fritsch 1889
†Keraterpeton longtoni Carroll et al. 1998
†Keraterpeton punctolineatum Cope 1875
Invalid names: Keraterpetontidae Jaekel 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available