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Aspidosaurus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Aspidosaurus was named by Broili (1904). It is not extant. Its type is Aspidosaurus chiton.

It was assigned to Aspidosauridae by Case (1910); to Dissorophidae by Carroll (1988); and to Aspidosaurinae by Watson (1919), Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Aspidosaurus Broili
1910Aspidosaurus Case p. 179
1911Alegeinosaurus Case
1919Alegeinosaurus Watson p. 65
1919Aspidosaurus Watson p. 65
1988Alegeinosaurus Carroll
1988Aspidosaurus Carroll
2014Alegeinosaurus Schoch and Milner p. 75
2014Aspidosaurus Schoch and Milner p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
subfamilyAspidosaurinae()
genusAspidosaurusBroili 1904

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. †Aspidosaurus Broili 1904
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†Aspidosaurus binasser Berman and Lucas 2003
†Aspidosaurus chiton Broili 1904
†Aspidosaurus novomexicanus Williston 1911
Invalid names: Alegeinosaurus Case 1911 [synonym], Aspidosaurus aphthitos Cope 1881 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: ground dwellinguc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2011-01-30 12:48:41
Modified: 2011-01-29 19:48:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Reisz et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Kungurian or 303.70000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) A. sp. (180631)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) A. sp. (13947)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) A. novomexicanus (34761)
Virgilian - Wolfcampian303.7 - 286.0USA (New Mexico) Broiliellus novomexicanus (77412)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Oklahoma) A. sp. (67862)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) A. glascocki (28143) A. sp. (13080 28238)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4USA (Texas) A. binasser (85300)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) A. chiton, Alegeinosaurus aphthitos (28256)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian277.3 - 266.9Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Alegeinosaurus sp. (180620)