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Tupilakosauridae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Tupilakosauridae

Taxonomy
Tupilakosauridae was named by Kuhn (1960). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Schoch (2013).

It was assigned to Dvinosauria by Damiani and Rubidge (2003) and Schoch (2013); and to Dvinosauroidea by Warren (1998), Yates and Warren (2000) and Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Tupilakosauridae Kuhn
1976Kourerpetidae Olson and Lammers p. 46
1988Kourerpetontidae Carroll
1998Tupilakosauridae Warren
2000Tupilakosauridae Yates and Warren pp. 84, 92 fig. 1
2003Tupilakosauridae Damiani and Rubidge p. 23
2013Tupilakosauridae Schoch
2014Tupilakosauridae Schoch and Milner p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Dvinosauria
superfamilyDvinosauroideaSäve-Söderbergh 1935
familyTupilakosauridaeKuhn 1960
familyTupilakosauridaeKuhn 1960

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. †Tupilakosauridae Kuhn 1960
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G. †Batrachosuchoides Shishkin 1967
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Batrachosuchoides lacer Shishkin 1967
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Invalid names: Batrachosuchoides impressus Novikov and Shishkin 1994 [synonym]
G. †Kourerpeton Olson and Lammers 1976
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Kourerpeton bradyi Olson and Lammers 1976
G. †Slaugenhopia Olson 1962
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Slaugenhopia texensis Olson 1962
G. †Thabanchuia Warren 1998
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Thabanchuia oomie Warren 1998
G. †Tupilakosaurus Nielsen 1954
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Tupilakosaurus heilmani Nielsen 1954
Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis Shishkin 1961
Invalid names: Kourerpetidae Olson and Lammers 1976 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Olenekian or 279.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Roadian279.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Slaugenhopia texensis (79600 80717)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Tupilakosauridae indet. (195216)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Greenland (Northeast Greenland National Park) Tupilakosaurus heilmani (143882) Tupilakosaurus sp. (143883)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Russian Federation (Samara) Tupilakosaurus sp. (196088 196092)
Induan252.17 - 251.2South Africa (Free State) Thabanchuia oomie (145516)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Russian Federation (Nizhegorod) Tupilakosaurus wetlugensis (28396)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Tupilakosaurus sp. (195805 195811 195820 195824 195834 195852 196033 196034 196045 196047 196052)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Batrachosuchoides sp. (195823 195825)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Arkhangel'sk) Batrachosuchoides impressus (189553)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Kirov) Batrachosuchoides lacer (93104)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Komi) Batrachosuchoides sp. (85454)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Poland (Malopolskie) Batrachosuchoides sp. (38528)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Orenburg) Batrachosuchoides sp. (93205)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Russian Federation (Volgograd) Batrachosuchoides sp. (27343)