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Whatcheeriidae
Taxonomy
Whatcheeriidae was named by Clack (2002).
It was assigned to Tetrapodomorpha by Clack (2002); and to Tetrapoda by Clack and Finney (2005) and Clack and Milner (2015).
It was assigned to Tetrapodomorpha by Clack (2002); and to Tetrapoda by Clack and Finney (2005) and Clack and Milner (2015).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Whatcheeriidae Clack p. 73 |
| 2005 | Whatcheeriidae Clack and Finney p. 316 fig. 1 |
| 2015 | Whatcheeriidae Clack and Milner |
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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. †Whatcheeriidae Clack 2002
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. A. Clack 2002 | Derived features include: narrow, steep-sided skull with orbit deeper than its width; massive tooth on maxilla about position 5 or 6; light dermal skull ornament; dorsal branch of mandibular lateral line running along surangular; very broad interclavicle with acutely angled lateral corners.
Primitive features include: grooved, denticulated parasphenoid; closed palate with denticulated surface; supratemporal-postparietal contact, fang pairs on vomers, palatines and ectopterygoids with a row of some smaller accessory teeth on each; row of coronoid teeth nearly continuous; at least some lateral lines in tubes through bone; rhachitomous vertebrae; no differentiated sacral neural arch, ilium with posterodorsal process and dorsal iliac blade. Features of uncertain polarity include: supratemporal with deeply interdigitated suture to squamosal; small tabular with ‘button’ terminating in ornamented surface; steeply angled suspen- sorium with deeply excavated temporal notch, pronounced angle between skull table and cheek in transverse section; scapulocoracoid ossified in two portions; about 28 presacral vertebrae; trunk ribs with expanded distal flanges. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournaisian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Whatcheeriidae indet. (200573) | |
| Tournaisian - Visean | United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | Occidens portlocki (173986) | |
| Ivorian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Pederpes finneyae (106270) | |
| Visean | Australia (Queensland) | Ossinodus pueri (176119) | |
| Asbian | USA (Iowa) | Whatcheeria deltae (68318) |