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Brachydectes newberryi

Molgophidae

Taxonomy
Brachydectes newberryi was named by Cope (1868). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 6941 (designated by Hook (1983), a partial skull. Its type locality is Linton, which is in a Westphalian D mire/swamp coal in Ohio. It is the type species of Brachydectes, Brachydectes.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Brachydectes newberryi Cope
1869Brachydectes newberryi Cope p. 14
1871Cocytinus gyrinoides Cope
1874Molgophis wheatleyi Cope
1875Pleuroptyx clavatus Cope
1877Lysorophus tricarinatus Cope p. 187
1888Lysorophus tricarinatus Cope p. 287
1902Molgophis wheatleyi Hay p. 412
1902Brachydectes newberryi Hay p. 413
1902Cocytinus gyrinoides Hay p. 416
1902Pleuroptyx clavatus Hay p. 417
1902Lysorophus tricarinatus Hay p. 433
1973Lysorophus tricarinatus Daly p. 571
1991Brachydectes elongatus Wellstead
1998Brachydectes elongatus Carroll et al. p. 143
1998Lysorophus tricarinatus Carroll et al. p. 144
1998Pleuroptyx clavatus Carroll et al. p. 144

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—RecumbirostraAnderson 2007
familyMolgophidae
genusBrachydectes
speciesnewberryi

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.

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Invalid names: Brachydectes elongatus Wellstead 1991 [synonym], Cocytinus gyrinoides Cope 1871 [synonym], Lysorophus tricarinatus Cope 1877 [synonym], Molgophis wheatleyi Cope 1874 [synonym], Pleuroptyx clavatus Cope 1875 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Leonardian or 309.80000 to 273.01000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Ohio) Brachydectes newberryi, Pleuroptyx clavatus, Molgophis wheatleyi, Cocytinus gyrinoides (type locality: 85292)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Brachydectes newberryi (79598)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) Lysorophus tricarinatus (80714)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (West Virginia) Brachydectes newberryi (177058)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Nebraska) Brachydectes elongatus (179619) Brachydectes elongatus, Brachydectes newberryi (179620)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Kansas) Brachydectes elongatus (178666)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Brachydectes elongatus (178669)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Oklahoma) Lysorophus tricarinatus (79402)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Lysorophus tricarinatus (85299 85300)
Leonardian286.0 - 273.01USA (Texas) Lysorophus tricarinatus (177006)
Leonardian286.0 - 273.01USA (Oklahoma) Lysorophus tricarinatus (177062)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) Lysorophus tricarinatus (67945 79531)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Brachydectes elongatus (28256 28267 28275 85342) Lysorophus tricarinatus (12976 67735 85550 177015 177017)