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Discosauridae (disused)

Discosauridae

Taxonomy
Discosauridae was named by Jaekel (1907). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Seymourioidea by Carroll et al. (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Discosauridae Jaekel
1972Discosauridae Carroll et al. p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
suborderSeymouriamorphaWatson 1917
superfamilySeymourioideaTatarinov 1971
familyDiscosauridaeJaekel 1907
familyDiscosauridaeJaekel 1907

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. †Discosauridae Jaekel 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available