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Gerrothorax

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Gerrothorax Nilsson
1971Gerrothorax Kuhn p. 8
1988Gerrothorax Carroll
2008Gerrothorax Jenkins et al.
2013Gerrothorax Schoch
2014Gerrothorax Schoch and Milner p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyPlagiosauridae
subfamilyPlagiosaurinaeAbel 1919
genusGerrothoraxNilsson 1934

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. †Gerrothorax Nilsson 1934
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Invalid names: Gerrothorax franconicus Kuhn 1932 [synonym], Gerrothorax rhaeticus Nilsson 1934 [synonym], Plagiosaurus striopustulatus Huene 1922 [synonym], Plagiosuchus pustuloglomeratus Huene 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Jenkins et al. 2008Plagiosaurine in which the postfrontal and supratemporal bones are in contact (primitive condition). Differs from the only other known plagiosaurine, Plagiosaurus depressus, which lacks a postfrontal-supratemporal contact.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Rhaetian or 239.48000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Plagiosuchus pustuloglomeratus (39763)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Thüringen) Plagiosuchus pustuloglomeratus (196844)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0France (Grand Est) Plagiosuchus pustuloglomeratus (137680)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) G. new species (101873) G. pustuloglomeratus (106349)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Plagiosaurus striopustulatus (106462)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Germany (Bayern) G. sp. (124374) Plagiosaurus franconicus (97738)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Greenland (East Greenland) G. pulcherrimus (26995 106556 106557)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Germany (Baden-Württemberg) G. pulcherrimus (47800)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) G. pulcherrimus (139486) G. sp. (139484)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Sweden (Skåne) G. rhaeticus (107213)