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Chelyoposuchinae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Placodontia - Placodontidae

Taxonomy
Chelyoposuchinae was named by Kuhn (1946).

It was assigned to Placodontidae by Kuhn (1946).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Chelyoposuchinae Kuhn p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlacodontiaCope 1871
superfamilyPlacodontoideaNopcsa 1923
familyPlacodontidaeCope 1871
subfamilyChelyoposuchinae
subfamilyChelyoposuchinae

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. †Chelyoposuchinae Kuhn 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: durophagef
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-22 03:21:16
Modified: 2010-01-22 05:21:16
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available