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Araeoscelidia
Taxonomy
Araeoscelida was named by Williston (1913). Its type is Araeoscelidae. It was considered monophyletic by Laurin (1991).
It was reranked as the suborder Araeoscelidia by Kuhn (1946); it was corrected as Araeoscelidia by Kuhn (1966), Haubold (1971) and Haubold (1974); it was misspelled as Araeoscelidia by Gauthier et al. (1988), Carroll (1988) and Gauthier et al. (1989); it was reranked as the unranked clade Araeoscelidia by Laurin (1991) and Laurin and Reisz (1995).
It was assigned to Parapsida by Nopcsa (1928); to Protorosauria by Kuhn (1946); to Cotylosauria by Kuhn (1966); to Araeoscelomorpha by Haubold (1971); to Cotylosauria by Haubold (1974); to Diapsida by Gauthier et al. (1988), Carroll (1988) and Gauthier et al. (1989); and to Diapsida by Laurin (1991) and Laurin and Reisz (1995).
It was reranked as the suborder Araeoscelidia by Kuhn (1946); it was corrected as Araeoscelidia by Kuhn (1966), Haubold (1971) and Haubold (1974); it was misspelled as Araeoscelidia by Gauthier et al. (1988), Carroll (1988) and Gauthier et al. (1989); it was reranked as the unranked clade Araeoscelidia by Laurin (1991) and Laurin and Reisz (1995).
It was assigned to Parapsida by Nopcsa (1928); to Protorosauria by Kuhn (1946); to Cotylosauria by Kuhn (1966); to Araeoscelomorpha by Haubold (1971); to Cotylosauria by Haubold (1974); to Diapsida by Gauthier et al. (1988), Carroll (1988) and Gauthier et al. (1989); and to Diapsida by Laurin (1991) and Laurin and Reisz (1995).
Subtaxa
Araeoscelidae (syn. Kadaliosauridae) (type family), Halgaitosaurus, Petrolacosauridae, Spinoaequalis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1913 | Araeoscelida Williston |
| 1928 | Araeoscelia Nopcsa p. 173 |
| 1946 | Araeoscelidia Kuhn p. 60 |
| 1966 | Araeoscelidia Kuhn p. 15 |
| 1971 | Araeoscelidia Haubold p. 32 |
| 1974 | Araeoscelidia Haubold p. 33 |
| 1988 | Araeoscelida Carroll |
| 1988 | Araeoscelidia Gauthier et al. p. 139 fig. 4.4 |
| 1989 | Araeoscelidia Gauthier et al. p. 343 |
| 1991 | Araeoscelidia Laurin p. 83 fig. 11 |
| 1995 | Araeoscelidia Laurin and Reisz pp. 171, 172 fig. 2 |
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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.
Unr. †Araeoscelidia Williston 1913
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Fm. †Araeoscelidae Williston 1910
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G. †Araeoscelis Williston 1910
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†Araeoscelis casei Broom 1913
†Araeoscelis gracilis Williston 1910
Invalid names: Ophiodeirus Broom 1913 [synonym]
Invalid names: Kadaliosauridae Williston 1912 [synonym]
Fm. †Petrolacosauridae Peabody 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Kungurian or 306.00000 to 272.30000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kasimovian - Kungurian | USA (Utah) | Halgaitosaurus gregarius (218159) | |
| Missourian | USA (Kansas) | Petrolacosaurus kansensis, Podargosaurus hibbardi (80784) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Kansas) | Spinoaequalis schultzei (68427) | |
| Wolfcampian | USA (New Mexico) | Zarcasaurus tanyderus (171346) | |
| Sakmarian | Germany (Saxony) | Kadaliosaurus priscus (52522) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | Bolosaurus striatus (13044) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Araeoscelis casei (28250) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Araeoscelis gracilis (28267) |