Osteichthyes - Tetrapoda - Whatcheeriidae
Full reference: J. A. Clack. 2002. An early tetrapod from "Romer’s Gap". Nature 418:72-76
Parent taxon: Tetrapoda according to J. A. Clack and A. R. Milner 2015
See also Clack 2002 and Clack and Finney 2005
Sister taxa: Acanthostegidae, Aistopoda, Amphibia, Antlerpeton, Austrobrachyops, Austrobrachyops jenseni, Aytonerpeton, Baphetoidea, Brittagnathus, Caerorhachidae, Casineria, Characichnos, Chroniosuchia, Collettosaurus, Colosteidae, Crassigyrinidae, Crucipes, Diploradus, Dipodiscus, Doragnathus, Eldeceeon, Embolomeri, Erpetopus, Hemispondyla, Janusichnus, Janusichnus bifrons, Kirktonecta, Koilops, Laoporus, Limnosceloides, Limnosceloides brachycoles, Limnosceloides dunkardensis, Lunaepes, Merifontichnus, Mesanerpeton, Microsauropus, Miosauria, Namuncurania malarguense, Nasopus grimmi, Nothosaurops occiduus, Ossirarus, Paleosauropus, Parmastega, Perittodus, Plesiosaurus vaccinsulensis, Polyptychodon mackesoni, Reniformichnus, Reptiliomorpha, Romeriscus, Romeriscus periallus, Saurichnium parallelum, Sigournea, Silvanerpeton, Solenodonsaurus, Solidopus, Solidopus perissodactylus, Tambachichnium, Tantallognathus, Tetrapodium, Thecodontichnus, Theriodesmus, Typopus, Wangwusaurus, Wangwusaurus tayuensis, Westlothiana
Subtaxa: Occidens Ossinodus Pederpes Whatcheeria
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (1 collection), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Iowa)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence