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Ericiolacertidae

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia - Ericiolacertidae

Taxonomy
Ericiolacertidae was named by Watson and Romer (1956). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Therocephalia by Kemp (1982), Carroll (1988); to Scaloposauroidea by Ivakhnenko (2011); and to Bauriamorpha by Huttenlocker and Smith (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Ericiolacertidae Watson and Romer
1982Ericiolacertidae Kemp p. 349
1988Ericiolacertidae Carroll
2011Ericiolacertidae Ivakhnenko
2017Ericiolacertidae Huttenlocker and Smith

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
orderTherocephalia
EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyBaurioideaBroom 1911
Bauriamorpha(Watson)
familyEriciolacertidaeWatson and Romer 1956
familyEriciolacertidaeWatson and Romer 1956

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. †Ericiolacertidae Watson and Romer 1956
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G. †Ericiolacerta Watson 1931
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Ericiolacerta parva Watson 1931
G. †Silphedosuchus Tatarinov 1977
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Silphedosuchus orenburgensis Tatarinov 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:57
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Olenekian or 249.90000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Antarctica Ericiolacerta parva (87410)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7South Africa (East Cape) Ericiolacerta parva (188978)
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7South Africa (Free State) Ericiolacerta parva (88282)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Orenburg) Silphedosuchus orenburgensis (98595)