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Peliontidae

Phyllospondyli - Peliontidae

Taxonomy
Peliontidae was named by Cope (1875). Its type is Pelion.

It was assigned to Microsauria by Cope (1875); and to Phyllospondyli by Kuhn (1946).

Subtaxa
Pelion (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Peliontidae Cope p. 11
1946Peliontidae Kuhn p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
Choanata
Stegocephali()
orderPhyllospondyliWatson 1921
familyPeliontidae
familyPeliontidae

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. †Peliontidae Cope 1875
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G. †Pelion Wyman
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available