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Theromorpha

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Theromorpha was named by Cope (1878). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the subclass Theromorpha by Gadow (1898), Perrier (1928) and Kuhn (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Anomodontia by Osborn (1904); it was reranked as the superorder Theromorpha by Nopcsa (1923), Nopcsa (1928) and Roxo (1937).

It was assigned to Monozygocrotapha by Nopcsa (1928); to Reptilia by Zittel (1890), Gadow (1898), Nopcsa (1923), Perrier (1928), Swinton (1934), Kuhn (1946) and Kuhn (1966); and to Synapsida by Roxo (1937) and Haubold (1974).

Subtaxa
Dromasauria, Eotherapsida, Poliosauria, Protodonta, Styracocephalia
Sister taxa
Poliosauria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Theromorpha Cope
1890Theromorpha Zittel p. 449
1898Theromorpha Gadow p. 18
1923Theromorpha Nopcsa
1928Theromorpha Nopcsa p. 168
1928Theromorpha Perrier p. 3118
1934Theromorpha Swinton p. 48
1937Theromorpha Roxo p. 43
1946Theromorpha Kuhn p. 55
1966Theromorpha Kuhn p. 117
1974Theromorpha Haubold p. 35

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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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassTheromorpha()
subclassTheromorpha()

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.

Subcl. †Theromorpha Cope 1878
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Subor. †Dromasauria Broom 1907
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Invalid names: Galechiridae King 1988 [empty], Macroscelesauridae Haughton 1924 [empty]
Unr. Eotherapsida Ivakhnenko 2003
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Superor. †Dinomorpha Ivakhnenko 2003
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Invalid names: Gorgodontia Ivakhnenko 2003 [empty], Nikkasauria Ivakhnenko 2008 [empty]
Subor. †Styracocephalia Haughton 1929
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Fm. †Styracocephalidae Haughton 1929
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G. †Styracocephalus Haughton 1929
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Invalid names: Poliosauria Williston 1917 [empty], Protodonta Osborn 1888 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Perrier 1928Os carré solidement fixé; un seul arc temporal; un foramen inlerparlétal; pubis et ischions unis par une robuste symphyse ventrale.
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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Aptian or 264.28000 to 113.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 259.51 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa (Western Cape) Styracocephalus platyrhynchus (86388 92645 92646)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Theromorpha indet. 1, Theromorpha indet. 2 (192151)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Lesotho (Mohale's Hoek) Theromorpha indet. (56020)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Lesotho (Leribe) Theromorpha indet. (56014)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Brazil (São Paulo) Theromorpha indet. (85729)