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Anthracosauria
Taxonomy
Anthracosauria was named by Säve-Söderbergh (1934). It is extant.
It was assigned to Labyrinthodontia by Carroll (1988); to Tetrapoda by Gauthier et al. (1988), Gauthier et al. (1989); and to Reptiliomorpha by Säve-Söderbergh (1934), Haubold et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Labyrinthodontia by Carroll (1988); to Tetrapoda by Gauthier et al. (1988), Gauthier et al. (1989); and to Reptiliomorpha by Säve-Söderbergh (1934), Haubold et al. (2005).
Subtaxa
Anthracosauroidea, Chroniosuchida, Diplomeri, Embolomera, Eoherpetontidae, Gephyrostegida, Gephyrostegoidea, Lanthanosuchida, Lanthanosuchidae, Limnoscelidae, Mauchchunkiidae, Nycteroleterida, Nycteroleteridae, Schizomeri, Seymouriamorpha, Seymouriamorphoidea, Seymourida, Solenodonsauridae, Tokosauridae, Tseajaiidae
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1934 | Anthracosauria Säve-Söderbergh pp. 9, 17-18 fig. 5 |
| 1988 | Anthracosauria Carroll |
| 1988 | Anthracosauria Gauthier et al. p. 139 fig. 4.3 |
| 1989 | Anthracosauria Gauthier et al. p. 339 |
| 2005 | Anthracosauria Haubold et al. p. 78 |
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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.
Unr. Anthracosauria Säve-Söderbergh 1934
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Superfm. †Anthracosauroidea Cope 1872
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Invalid names: Otocratiidae Watson 1926 [empty], Palaeogyrinidae Watson 1926 [empty]
Subor. †Gephyrostegida
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Fm. †Gephyrostegidae Jaekel 1909
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G. †Gephyrostegus Jaekel 1902
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†Gephyrostegus bohemicus Jaekel 1902
†Gephyrostegus watsoni Brough and Brough 1967
Invalid names: Anthracosaurida [synonym], Embolomera Cope 1880 [empty], Gephyrostegoidea [empty], Mauchchunkiidae Hotton, III 1970 [empty], Schizomeri Romer 1964 [empty], Seymouriamorphoidea [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Legendre 1988, Peczkis 1995, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Holman 2000, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Greenlandian or 382.31000 to 0.00820 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 379.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 379.0 Ma
Collections (44676 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Frasnian | Iran (Esfahan) | Dipnoa indet. (90626) | |
| Mississippian | USA (Virginia) | Dromopus aduncus (104796) | |
| Tournaisian - Gzhelian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Pseudobradypus sp. (27703) | |
| Carboniferous - Permian | USA (Arizona) | Chelichnus bucklandi (241639) | |
| Pendleian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Eoherpeton watsoni (174421) | |
| Pendleian | United Kingdom (England) | Anthracosauria indet., Eoherpeton watsoni (22726) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Wyoming) | Steganoposaurus belli (197983) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Massachusetts) | Dromopus woodworthi (34780) | |
| Marsdenian | Germany (Westphalia) | Bruktererpeton fiebigi (175907) | |
| Westphalian A | United Kingdom (England) | Lysorophus sp. (175174) | |
| Westphalian A | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Leiocephalikon problematicum, Hylonomus lyelli, Trachystegos megalodon, Asaphestera intermedia (86946) Protoclepsydrops haplous, Leiocephalikon eutheton, Amblyodon problematicum, Hylonomus lyelli, Hylerpeton curtidentatum, Hylonomus wymani, Hylerpeton dawsoni, Hylonomus latidens (28069) | |
| Westphalian A - Westphalian B | USA (Arizona) | Elfridia bulbidens (92271) | |
| Westphalian B | United Kingdom (England) | Lysorophus sp. (177139) | |
| Moscovian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Dendromaia unamakiensis (207132) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Illinois) | Diabloroter bolti (201784) | |
| Moscovian | Czechia | Adenoderma gracilis (125662) | |
| Westphalian C - Westphalian D | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Clepsydrops sp., Limnostygis relictus, Archaeothyris florensis, Echinerpeton intermedium, Paleothyris acadiana (80111) | |
| Westphalian D | Czechia (Pilsen) | Archaeothyris sp., Amniota indet., Brouffia orientalis, Coelostegus prothales, Gephyrostegus watsoni, Gephyrostegus bohemicus, Sparodus validus, Hylonomus acuminatus (84835) | |
| Westphalian D | USA (Ohio) | Archaeothyris sp., Sauropleura longipes, Pelycosauria indet., Sauropleura digitata, Eusauropleura digitata, Brachydectes newberryi, Pleuroptyx clavatus, Molgophis macrurus, Molgophis wheatleyi, Cocytinus gyrinoides, Carbonodraco lundi, Melanedaphodon hovaneci (85292) Molgophis macrurus (178682 178696 178697 178698) | |
| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Cephalerpeton ventriarmatum, Brachydectes newberryi, Infernovenator steenae, Joermungandr bolti (79598) | |