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Cardiocephalus sternbergi

Osteichthyes - Gymnarthridae

Taxonomy
Cardiocephalus sternbergi was named by Broili (1904) [formerly stored in the Alte Akademie München, probably was destroyed during WW II]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Cardiocephalus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Cardiocephalus sternbergi Broili
1910Gymnarthrus willoughbyi Case p. 177 fig. 8
1930Cardiocephalus sternbergi Hay p. 32
1930Gymnarthrus willoughbyi Hay p. 32
1973Cardiocephalus sternbergi Daly p. 571
1978Cardiocephalus sternbergi Carroll and Gaskill p. 55
1998Cardiocephalus sternbergi Carroll et al. p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—RecumbirostraAnderson 2007
familyGymnarthridae
genusCardiocephalus
speciessternbergi

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: Gymnarthrus willoughbyi Case 1910 [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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Oklahoma) Cardiocephalus sternbergi (221391 221392)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Gymnarthrus willoughbyi (28145)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Oklahoma) Cardiocephalus sternbergi (67945)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Cardiocephalus sternbergi, Gymnarthrus sp. (28275) Cardiocephalus sternbergi, Gymnarthrus willoughbyi (type locality: 28256)