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Edaphosaurus claviger

Edaphosauridae

Taxonomy
Naosaurus claviger was named by Cope (1886). It is not extant. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Edaphosaurus claviger by Williston and Case (1913), Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Edaphosaurus pogonias by Reisz (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Naosaurus claviger Cope p. 545
1888Naosaurus claviger Cope p. 287
1902Naosaurus claviger Hay p. 432
1913Edaphosaurus claviger Williston and Case pp. 71, 72
1928Naosaurus claviger Perrier p. 3085
1930Edaphosaurus claviger Hay p. 58
1934Naosaurus claviger Swinton p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
familyEdaphosauridae
genusEdaphosaurus
speciesclaviger()

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.

Edaphosaurus claviger Cope 1886
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Naosaurus claviger (type locality: 28256)