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Edaphosaurus cruciger

Osteichthyes - Edaphosauridae

Taxonomy
Dimetrodon cruciger was named by Cope (1878). Its type specimen is AMNH 4060 (lectotype), a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Naosaurus cruciger by Cope (1886), Hay (1902), Case (1907); it was recombined as Edaphosaurus cruciger by Hay (1930), Romer and Price (1940), Reisz (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Dimetrodon cruciger Cope p. 830
1880Dimetrodon cruciger Cope p. 42
1886Naosaurus cruciger Cope p. 545
1902Naosaurus cruciger Hay p. 432
1907Naosaurus cruciger Case p. 60
1930Edaphosaurus cruciger Hay p. 58
1940Edaphosaurus cruciger Romer and Price
1986Edaphosaurus cruciger Reisz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
familyEdaphosauridae
genusEdaphosaurus
speciescruciger()

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.

†Edaphosaurus cruciger Cope 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4USA (Oklahoma) Naosaurus cruciger (85733)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4USA (Texas) Edaphosaurus cruciger (85301)