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Cochleosauridae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cochleosauridae

Taxonomy
Cochleosauridae was named by Broili (1923) [in Zittel & Broili (1923)]. It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Schoch (2013).

It was assigned to Rhachitomi by Kuhn (1946); to Edopoidea by Carroll (1988), Sequeira (2004) and Sidor et al. (2005); and to Edopoidea by Schoch (2013) and Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Nyraniidae Lydekker
1923Cochleosauridae Broili
1946Cochleosauridae Kuhn p. 52
1953Chenoprosopidae Langston
1988Cochleosauridae Carroll
2004Cochleosauridae Sequeira p. 37
2005Cochleosauridae Sidor et al. p. 888
2013Cochleosauridae Schoch
2014Cochleosauridae Schoch and Milner p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
superfamilyEdopoidea(Romer 1945)
familyCochleosauridaeBroili 1923
familyCochleosauridaeBroili 1923

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. †Cochleosauridae Broili 1923
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G. †Adamanterpeton Milner and Sequeira 1998
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Adamanterpeton ohioensis Milner and Sequeira 1998
G. †Chenoprosopus Mehl 1913
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Chenoprosopus milleri Mehl 1913
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Invalid names: Chenoprosopus lewisi Hook 1993 [synonym]
G. †Cochleosaurus Fritsch 1885
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Cochleosaurus bohemicus Fritsch 1885
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Invalid names: Cochleosaurus falax Fritsch 1885 [synonym], Dendrerpeton deprivatum Fritsch 1885 [synonym], Dendrerpeton pyriticum Fritsch 1885 [synonym], Gaudrya latistoma Fritsch 1885 [synonym], Nyrania trachystoma Fritsch 1885 [synonym]
Cochleosaurus florensis Rieppel 1980
Invalid names: Gaudrya Fritsch 1885 [synonym], Nyrania Fritsch 1885 [synonym]
G. †Nigerpeton Sidor et al. 2005
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Nigerpeton ricqlesi Sidor et al. 2005
G. †Procochleosaurus Sequeira 1996
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Invalid names: Chenoprosopidae Langston 1953 [synonym], Cochleosaurinae Broili 1923 [empty], Nyraniidae Lydekker 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available