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Rhopalodontidae

Rhopalodontidae

Taxonomy
Rhopalodontidae was named by Seeley (1894). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Titanosuchia by Efremov (1940); and to Rhopalodontoidea by Ivakhnenko (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Rhopalodontidae Seeley
1940Rhopalodontidae Efremov p. 107
2003Rhopalodontidae Ivakhnenko

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
infraorderEstemmenosuchida
superfamilyRhopalodontoideaSeeley 1894
familyRhopalodontidaeSeeley 1894
familyRhopalodontidaeSeeley 1894

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. †Rhopalodontidae Seeley 1894
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G. †Parabradysaurus Efremov 1954
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†Parabradysaurus silantjevi Ivakhnenko 1995
G. †Phthinosaurus Efremov 1940
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†Phthinosaurus borissiaki Efremov 1940
G. †Rhopalodon Fischer von Waldheim 1841
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†Rhopalodon wangenheimi Fischer von Waldheim 1841
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Urzhumian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Parabradysaurus silantjevi (180620)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Udmurtia) Parabradysaurus udmurticus (189304)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Samara) Phthinosaurus borissiaki (232602)
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Phthinosuchus borissiaki (27341) Rhopalodon wangenheimi (187931)
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Orenburg) Rhopalodon sp. (189126)