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Glaucosaurus
Taxonomy
Glaucosaurus was named by Williston (1915). Its type is Glaucosaurus megalops. It is the type genus of Glaucosauridae.
It was assigned to Theromorpha by Williston (1915); to Glaucosauridae by Hay (1930); to Pelycosauria by Reisz (1986); to Pelycosauria by Carroll (1988); and to Edaphosauridae by Benson (2012).
It was assigned to Theromorpha by Williston (1915); to Glaucosauridae by Hay (1930); to Pelycosauria by Reisz (1986); to Pelycosauria by Carroll (1988); and to Edaphosauridae by Benson (2012).
Species
G. megalops (type species)
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||
Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Texas) | G. megalops (28242) |