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Capitosauroides

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Capitosauroides was named by Haubold (1971). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Capitosauroides bernburgensis.

It was assigned to Temnospondyli by Kuhn (1971); and to Capitosauroidea by Haubold (1971), Demathieu and Haubold (1972), Haubold (1974).

Species
C. bernburgensis (type species), C. fuglewiczi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Capitosauroides Haubold
1971Capitosauroides Kuhn p. 23
1972Capitosauroides Demathieu and Haubold p. 803
1974Capitosauroides Haubold p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
genusCapitosauroidesHaubold 1971

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.

G. †Capitosauroides Haubold 1971
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†Capitosauroides fuglewiczi Ptaszynski 2000
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: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Turonian or 264.28000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51South Africa C. sp. (224581)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Poland (Swietoryzskie) C. sp. (118063)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Netherlands (Gelderland) C. sp. (96875)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland (Swietoryzskie) C. sp. (175801)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt (Aswan) C. sp. (138678)