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Cotylorhynchus hancocki

Osteichthyes - Caseidae

Taxonomy
Cotylorhynchus hancocki was named by Olson and Beerbower (1953). Its type specimen is CNHM (FMNH) UR 154, a set of limb elements (right humerus and proximal end of right radius), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality HA ("Lower San Angelo Fm."), which is in a Kungurian/Roadian fluvial claystone/conglomerate in the San Angelo Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Cotylorhynchus hancocki Olson and Beerbower p. 401
1962Cotylorhynchus hancocki Olson pp. 28, 89 figs. 9-16; Pls. 6-10
1986Cotylorhynchus hancocki Reisz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Caseasauria()
familyCaseidae
genusCotylorhynchusStovall 1937
specieshancocki

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.

†Cotylorhynchus hancocki Olson and Beerbower 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Roadian283.3 - 266.9USA (Texas) Cotylorhynchus hancocki (79600 type locality: 79694 80668 80669 80689 80729 80917 85170 85171 85280 85281)