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Bolosaurinae

Osteichthyes - Bolosauridae

Taxonomy
Bolosaurinae was named by Cope (1878). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bolosauridae by Falconnet (2012).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Bolosaurinae Cope
2012Bolosaurinae Falconnet p. 496

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
Bolosauria(Kuhn 1959)
familyBolosauridae
subfamilyBolosaurinaeCope 1878
subfamilyBolosaurinaeCope 1878

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. †Bolosaurinae Cope 1878
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G. †Bolosaurus Cope 1878
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Bolosaurus grandis Reisz et al. 2002
Bolosaurus major Broom 1913
Bolosaurus striatus Cope 1878
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 Asselian to the top of the Kungurian or 298.90000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Texas) Bolosaurus striatus (11165)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Texas) Bolosaurus striatus (79162)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (New Mexico) Bolosaurus sp. (180382)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Oklahoma) Bolosaurus sp. (67862)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Bolosaurus sp. (13080) Bolosaurus striatus, Bolosaurus major (28142)
Leonardian286.0 - 274.4USA (Oklahoma) Bolosaurus striatus (87054)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Bolosaurus sp. (28267)