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Heylerosauridae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Heylerosauridae

Taxonomy
Heylerosauridae was named by Shishkin (1980). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mastodonsauroidea by Damiani (2001) and Liu and Wang (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Wellesaurus bussoni Lehman p. 8
1980Heylerosauridae Shishkin
1984Eocyclotosauridae Morales and Kamphausen
2001Heylerosauridae Damiani p. 392
2005Heylerosauridae Liu and Wang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
Capitosauroidea()
familyHeylerosauridaeShishkin 1980
familyHeylerosauridaeShishkin 1980

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.

Fm. †Heylerosauridae Shishkin 1980
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G. †Rhadalognathus Welles 1947
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Rhadalognathus boweni Welles 1947
G. †Yuanansuchus Liu and Wang 2005
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Yuanansuchus laticeps Liu and Wang 2005
Invalid names: Eocyclotosauridae Morales and Kamphausen 1984 [synonym], Wellesaurus bussoni Lehman 1971 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian - Anisian251.3 - 242.0Algeria (Illizi) Wellesaurus bussoni (107216)
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0USA (Arizona) Rhadalognathus boweni (34888)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Hubei) Yuanansuchus laticeps, Yuanansuchus maopingchangensis (97694)