Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Edaphosauridae
Synonyms: Naosauridae Case 1907, Naosaurinae Case 1907
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1882. Third contribution to the history of the Vertebrata of the Permian formation of Texas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 20:447-461
Parent taxon: Eupelycosauria according to D. M. Mazierski and R. R. Reisz 2010
See also Carroll 1988, Case 1907, Daly 1973, Hay 1930, Kemp 1982, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Reisz 1986 and Spindler et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Haptodontiformes, Ophiacodontidae, Sphenacomorpha, Varanopidae
Subtaxa: Bohemiclavulus Edaphosaurus Glaucosaurus Gordodon Ianthasaurus Melanedaphodon Naosaurus raymondi Ramodendron Remigiomontanus
Type: Edaphosaurus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (1 collection), United States (35: Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Germany (1), United States (2: New Mexico, Utah)
• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (1), United States (8: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)
Total: 48 collections including 49 occurrences