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Parioxys

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

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

It was synonymized subjectively with Eryops by Hay (1902).

It was assigned to Eryopidae by Watson (1919); to Parioxyidae by Carroll (1988); and to Eucacopinae by Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Parioxys Cope
1919Parioxys Watson p. 64
1988Parioxys Carroll
2014Parioxys Schoch and Milner p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
—Eucacopinae
genusParioxys

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. †Parioxys Cope 1878
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†Parioxys bolli Carroll 1964
†Parioxys ferricolus Cope 1878
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Invalid names: Eryops ferricolus Cope 1878 [synonym]
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: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Reisz et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Wolfcampian or 293.52000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Texas) P. ferricolus (22667)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Texas) P. bolli (79162)
Sakmarian - Kungurian293.52 - 274.4USA (Texas) P. ferricolus (11152)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) P. ferricolus (28142 28238) P. sp. (22669)