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Embolophorus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Embolophorus was named by Cope (1878). It is not extant. Its type is Embolophorus fritillus.

It was assigned to Pelycosauria by Cope (1878); to Clepsydropidae by Cope (1888) and Hay (1902); and to Reptilia by Hay (1930).

Species
E. fritillus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Embolophorus Cope p. 518
1888Embolophorus Cope p. 287
1902Embolophorus Hay p. 433
1930Embolophorus Hay p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
genusEmbolophorus

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. †Embolophorus Cope 1878
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available