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Isodectes

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Eobrachyopidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Isodectes Cope p. 442
1902Isodectes Hay p. 428
1909Saurerpeton Moodie p. 80 fig. 23
1911Isodectes Case pp. 9, 36
1930Isodectes Hay p. 43
1930Branchiosauravus Romer
1956Eobrachyops Watson p. 344
1966Isodectes Kuhn p. 14
1988Isodectes Carroll
1988Saurerpeton Carroll
1998Isodectes Sequeira p. 240
2000Isodectes Yates and Warren pp. 84, 90 fig. 1
2013Isodectes Schoch
2014Isodectes 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
familyEobrachyopidaeShishkin 1964
genusIsodectes

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. †Isodectes Cope 1896
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Isodectes obtusus Cope 1868
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Invalid names: Acheloma casei Broili 1913 [synonym], Colosteus foveatus Cope 1869 [synonym], Eobrachyops townendae Watson 1956 [synonym], Isodectes megalops Cope 1883 [synonym], Sauropleura latithorax Cope 1897 [synonym], Trimerorhachis conangulus Cope 1896 [synonym], Tuditanus minimus Moodie 1909 [synonym], Tuditanus sculptilis Moodie 1909 [synonym], Tuditanus tabulatus Cope 1877 [synonym], Tuditanus walcotti Moodie 1909 [synonym]
Invalid names: Branchiosauravus Romer 1930 [synonym], Eobrachyops Watson 1956 [synonym], Saurerpeton Moodie 1909 [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: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Kungurian or 309.80000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Pennsylvania) Tuditanus minimus, Tuditanus sculptilis (165526)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) I. obtusus (176092)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) I. obtusus (79598)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Ohio) Dendrerpeton obtusum, Sauropleura latithorax, Tuditanus tabulatus, Colosteus foveatus (85292)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4USA (Pennsylvania) Saurerpeton obtusum (126535)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) I. obtusus, Acheloma casei (28256) I. sp. (28261) Pariotichus megalops, Trimerorhachis conangulus (28264)