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Anthracosauridae
Taxonomy
Anthracosauridae was named by Cope (1875).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Anthracosauridae by Gardiner (1982).
It was assigned to Labyrinthodontia by Cope (1875); to Apoecospondyli by Hay (1902); to Anthracosauroidea by Kuhn (1946); to Embolomera by Panchen (1970); to Amniota by Gardiner (1982); and to Embolomeri by Carroll et al. (1972), Carroll (1988), Ruta and Clack (2006).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Anthracosauridae by Gardiner (1982).
It was assigned to Labyrinthodontia by Cope (1875); to Apoecospondyli by Hay (1902); to Anthracosauroidea by Kuhn (1946); to Embolomera by Panchen (1970); to Amniota by Gardiner (1982); and to Embolomeri by Carroll et al. (1972), Carroll (1988), Ruta and Clack (2006).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1875 | Anthracosauridae Cope p. 10 |
| 1902 | Anthracosauridae Hay p. 421 |
| 1946 | Anthracosauridae Kuhn p. 51 |
| 1970 | Anthracosauridae Panchen p. 43 |
| 1972 | Anthracosauridae Carroll et al. p. 21 |
| 1982 | Anthracosauridae Gardiner p. 228 |
| 1988 | Anthracosauridae Carroll |
| 2006 | Anthracosauridae Ruta and Clack p. 52 |
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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.
Fm. †Anthracosauridae Cope 1875
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G. †Anthracosaurus Huxley 1863
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†Anthracosaurus lancifer Newberry 1856
†Anthracosaurus russelli Huxley 1863
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Westphalian D or 318.70000 to 307.40000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Namurian - Westphalian | USA (Arkansas) | Eobaphetes kansensis (178846) | |
| Westphalian A | United Kingdom (England) | Anthracosaurus russelli (178845) | |
| Westphalian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Anthracosaurus russelli (176242) | |
| Westphalian B - Westphalian C | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Anthracosaurus russelli (178804) | |
| Westphalian D | USA (Ohio) | Anthracosaurus lancifer (85292) |