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Plagiosuchus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae

Taxonomy
Plagiosuchus was named by Huene (1922). It was considered monophyletic by Damiani et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Plagiosauridae by Kuhn (1971), Carroll (1988), Damiani et al. (2009) and Schoch (2013); and to Plagiosuchinae by Schoch and Milner (2014).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Plagiosuchus Huene
1971Plagiosuchus Kuhn p. 8
1988Plagiosuchus Carroll
2009Plagiosuchus Damiani et al.
2013Plagiosuchus Schoch
2014Plagiosuchus Schoch and Milner p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyPlagiosauridae
Plagiosuchinae
genusPlagiosuchusHuene 1922

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. †Plagiosuchus Huene 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Longobardian or 242.00000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Germany (Thuringia) Plagiosternum pustuliferum (106353) P. sp. (106361)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Plagiosternum pustuliferum (106350) P. pustuliferus (101873 101875 106351 106352)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Germany (Thüringen) P. pustuliferus (196845)