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Archegosauridae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Archegosauridae von Meyer
1902Archegosauridae Hay p. 419
1919Archegosauridae Watson p. 66
1946Archegosauridae Kuhn p. 52
1947Archegosauridae Romer p. 313
1988Archegosauridae Carroll
1997Archegosauridae Gubin pp. 104, 105
2000Archegosauridae Schoch and Milner p. 56
2000Archegosauridae Shishkin et al.
2000Archegosauridae Yates and Warren pp. 84, 93 fig. 1
2001Archegosauridae Dias and Barberena

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
superfamilyArchegosauroideavon Meyer 1857
familyArchegosauridaevon Meyer 1857
familyArchegosauridaevon Meyer 1857

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. †Archegosauridae von Meyer 1857
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G. †Bashkirosaurus Gubin 1981
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G. †Collidosuchus Gubin 1986
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G. †Kashmirosaurus Werneburg and Schneider 1996
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Kashmirosaurus ornatus Woodward 1905
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Invalid names: Archegosaurus kashmiriensis Tewari 1960 [synonym]
Subfm. †Melosaurinae Fritsch
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G. †Koinia Gubin 1993
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Koinia silantjevi Golubev 1993
G. †Melosaurus von Meyer 1857
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Melosaurus compilatus Golubev 1995
Melosaurus kamaensis Gubin 1991
Melosaurus platyrhinus Golubev 1995
Melosaurus uralensis Meyer 1857
Subfm. †Platyoposaurinae Gubin 1991
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G. †Bageherpeton Dias and Barberena 2001
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Bageherpeton longignathus Dias and Barberena 2001
G. †Prionosuchus Price 1948
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Prionosuchus plummeri Price 1948
G. †Platyoposaurus Lydekker 1889
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Platyoposaurus rickardi Tvelvetrees 1880
Platyoposaurus stuckenbergi Trautschold 1884
Platyoposaurus watsoni Efremov 1933
Invalid names: Platyoposaurus vjuschkovi Gubin 1989 [nomen dubium]
G. †Platyops Twelvetrees 1880
Subfm. †Tryphosuchinae Golubev 1995
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G. †Tryphosuchus Konzhukova 1955
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Tryphosuchus kinelensis Vjuschkov 1955
Tryphosuchus paucidens Konzhukova 1955
G. †Uralosuchus Gubin 1993
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Invalid names: Archegosaurinae Lydekker 1885 [empty], Platyposaurinae Lydekker 1889 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Y. M. Gubin 1997"Snout with the skull elongation more then 2.1 (adults); adductor flange of pterygoid well developed. Otic notches moderately deep. Occiput deep. Interchoanal tooth row absent."