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Cochleosaurus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cochleosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Cochleosaurus Fritsch
1885Gaudrya Fritsch
1885Nyrania Fritsch
1919Cochleosaurus Watson p. 67
1988Cochleosaurus Carroll
1988Gaudrya Carroll
2004Cochleosaurus Sequeira p. 37
2005Cochleosaurus Sidor et al. p. 888
2013Cochleosaurus Schoch
2014Cochleosaurus 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
genusCochleosaurusFritsch 1885

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. †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]
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, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Moscovian or 311.45000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Czech Republic C. bohemicus (125662)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 306.95Canada (Nova Scotia) C. sp., C. florensis (80111)
Westphalian D311.45 - 306.95Czech Republic (Pilsen) C. bohemicus, Gaudrya latistoma, Nyrania trachystoma (84835)