Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Edaphosauridae
Synonym: Naosaurus Cope 1886
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: Edaphosauridae according to R. R. Reisz 1986
See also Carroll 1988, Case 1907, Cope 1882, Cope 1888, Daly 1973, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Olson 1966, Peabody 1957, Perrier 1928, Romer 1936, Romer and Price 1940, Spindler et al. 2019 and Williston and Case 1913
Sister taxa: Bohemiclavulus, Glaucosaurus, Gordodon, Ianthasaurus, Melanedaphodon, Naosaurus raymondi, Ramodendron, Remigiomontanus
Subtaxa: Edaphosaurus boanerges Edaphosaurus claviger Edaphosaurus colohistion Edaphosaurus credneri Edaphosaurus cruciger Edaphosaurus microdus Edaphosaurus novomexicanus Edaphosaurus pogonias
Type: Edaphosaurus pogonias
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (1 collection), United States (32: New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (2: New Mexico, Utah)
• Carboniferous of United States (3: New Mexico, West Virginia)
Total: 38 collections including 39 occurrences
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