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Platyhistricinae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Platyhistricinae was named by Schoch and Milner (2014). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dissorophidae by Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Platyhistricinae 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
subfamilyPlatyhistricinae
subfamilyPlatyhistricinae

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. †Platyhistricinae Schoch and Milner 2014
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G. †Astreptorhachis Vaughn 1971
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G. †Platyhystrix Williston 1911
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†Platyhystrix rugosus Case 1910
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Reisz et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Wolfcampian or 303.70000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Astreptorhachis ohioensis (176110)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Platyhystrix rugosus (34761)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Platyhystrix sp. (180633)
Gzhelian - Sakmarian303.7 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) Platyhystrix rugosus (180989)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Utah) Platyhystrix rugosus (13257)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Colorado) Platyhystrix rugosus (85479)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (New Mexico) Ctenosaurus rugosus (180944) Platyhystrix rugosus (80833 180106 180383 180384 180940 181077) Platyhystrix sp. (180974 181078)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Platyhystrix sp. (28238 84716)