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Aspidosaurinae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Aspidosauridae was named by Case (1910).

It was reranked as the subfamily Aspidosaurinae by Watson (1919), Kuhn (1946), Schoch and Milner (2014).

It was assigned to Temnospondyli by Case (1910); and to Dissorophidae by Watson (1919), Kuhn (1946), Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Aspidosauridae Case p. 179
1919Aspidosaurinae Watson p. 65
1946Aspidosaurinae Kuhn p. 52
2014Aspidosaurinae Schoch and Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
subfamilyAspidosaurinae()
subfamilyAspidosaurinae()

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.

Subfm. †Aspidosaurinae Case 1910
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G. †Aspidosaurus Broili 1904
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†Aspidosaurus binasser Berman and Lucas 2003
†Aspidosaurus chiton Broili 1904
†Aspidosaurus novomexicanus Williston 1911
Invalid names: Alegeinosaurus Case 1911 [synonym], Aspidosaurus aphthitos Cope 1881 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: ground dwellinguc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2011-01-30 12:48:41
Modified: 2011-01-29 19:48:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Reisz et al. 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Kungurian or 303.70000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Aspidosaurus sp. (180631)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Aspidosaurus sp. (13947)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Aspidosaurus novomexicanus (34761)
Virgilian - Wolfcampian303.7 - 286.0USA (New Mexico) Broiliellus novomexicanus (77412)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Oklahoma) Aspidosaurus sp. (67862)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Aspidosaurus glascocki (28143) Aspidosaurus sp. (13080 28238)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4USA (Texas) Aspidosaurus binasser (85300)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Aspidosaurus chiton, Alegeinosaurus aphthitos (28256)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian277.3 - 266.9Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Alegeinosaurus sp. (180620)