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Dromatherium sylvestre

Taxonomy
Dromatherium sylvestre was named by Emmons (1857). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is New Egypt coal mine, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Cumnock Formation of North Carolina. It is the type species of Dromatherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Dromatherium sylvestre Emmons p. 93
1886Dromatherium sylvestre Osborn p. 360
1902Dromatherium sylvestre Hay p. 555
1930Dromatherium sylvestre Hay p. 368
2001Dromatherium sylvestre Sues

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
genusDromatherium
speciessylvestre

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.

†Dromatherium sylvestre Emmons 1857
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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

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (North Carolina) Dromatherium sylvestre (type locality: 99429)