Osteichthyes - Cotylosauria - Diadectidae
Synonyms: Empedocles Cope 1878, Nothodon Marsh 1878
Parent taxon: Diadectidae according to R. Kissel 2010
See also Carroll 1988, Carroll et al. 1972, Case 1911, Cope 1880, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lewis and Vaughn 1965, Martens et al. 2005 and Perrier 1928
Sister taxa: Alveusdectes, Ambedus, Animasaurus, Bolbodon, Chilonyx, Desmatodon, Diadectoides, Diasparactus, Empedias, Ichniotherium, Oradectes, Orobates, Phanerosaurus
Subtaxa: Diadectes absitus Diadectes alatus Diadectes carinatus Diadectes cretin Diadectes fissus Diadectes lentus Diadectes molaris Diadectes sideropelicus Diadectes tenuitectes Diadectes tenuitectus Diadectes zenos Empedocles alatus Silvadectes
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (1 collection), United States (53: Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (2: New Mexico)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: New Mexico, Oklahoma)
Total: 58 collections including 68 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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