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Lapillopsidae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Lapillopsidae

Taxonomy
Lapillopsidae is a family. It is not extant. Its type is Lapillopsis.

It was assigned to Stereospondyli by Yates (1999); to Stereospondyli by Schoch and Milner (2000); and to Superstes by Eltink et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
p. 303
YearName and author
1999Lapillopsidae Yates p. 303
2000Lapillopsidae Schoch and Milner p. 89
2019Lapillopsidae Eltink et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
familyLapillopsidae
familyLapillopsidae

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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G. †Lapillopsis Warren and Hutchinson 1990
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Lapillopsis nana Warren and Hutchinson 1990
G. †Manubrantlia Yates and Sengupta 2002
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Manubrantlia khaki Yates and Sengupta 2002
G. †Rhigerpeton Gee et al. 2023
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Rhigerpeton isbelli Gee et al. 2023
G. †Rotaurisaurus Yates 1999
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Rotaurisaurus contundo Yates 1999
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Induan or 252.17000 to 251.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2Australia (Queensland) Lapillopsis nana (85560)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Australia (Tasmania) Rotaurisaurus contundo (117149)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Antarctica Lapillopsidae indet. (87420)
Induan - Smithian252.17 - 247.2India (West Bengal) Manubrantlia khaki (136566)