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Stephanospondylus

Osteichthyes - Stephanospondylidae

Taxonomy
Stephanospondylus was named by Stappenbeck (1905). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Stephanospondylidae.

It was assigned to Stephanospondylidae by Kuhn (1966); to Diadectidae by Carroll et al. (1972), Carroll (1988); and to Bolosauridae by Ivakhnenko (2008).

Species
Entered
by E. Fara on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Stephanospondylus Stappenbeck
1966Stephanospondylus Kuhn p. 16
1972Stephanospondylus Carroll et al. p. 61
1988Stephanospondylus Carroll
2008Stephanospondylus Ivakhnenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Diadectomorpha(Watson 1917)
suborderDiadectoideaRomer 1956
familyStephanospondylidaeStappenbeck 1905
genusStephanospondylusStappenbeck 1905

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. †Stephanospondylus Stappenbeck 1905
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Stephanospondylus pugnax Geinitz and Deichmüller 1882
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Carroll 1988

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Germany (Saxony) Phanerosaurus pugnax (52522)