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Diadectidae

Diadectidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Nothodontidae Marsh
1880Diadectidae Cope p. 304
1890Diadectidae Zittel p. 581
1896Diadectidae Cope p. 441
1902Diadectidae Hay p. 426
1904Diadectidae Osborn p. 101
1911Diadectidae Case pp. 9, 11
1928Diadectidae Perrier p. 3085
1930Diadectidae Hay p. 33
1946Diadectidae Kuhn p. 55
1965Diadectidae Lewis and Vaughn p. C13
1966Diadectidae Kuhn p. 16
1972Diadectidae Carroll et al. p. 21
1988Diadectidae Carroll
1995Diadectidae Laurin and Reisz p. 173
2002Diadectidae Kissel and Lehman p. 533
2005Diadectidae Martens et al.
2015Diadectidae Liu and Bever p. 1

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

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. †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]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Perrier 1928Molaires allongées perpendiculairement au bord externe du maxillaire, présentant 2 pointes rapprochées à l'angle externe, et une longue surface masticatrice allant de ces pointes au bord interne. Vomer avec une rangée de denticules.