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Anthracosauria

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Anthracosauria Säve-Söderbergh pp. 9, 17-18 fig. 5
1988Anthracosauria Carroll
1988Anthracosauria Gauthier et al. p. 139 fig. 4.3
1989Anthracosauria Gauthier et al. p. 339
2005Anthracosauria Haubold et al. p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
—Anthracosauria

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.

Unr. Anthracosauria Säve-Söderbergh 1934
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Subcl. †Amphibiosauria Kuhn 1967
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Invalid names: Batrachosauria Efremov 1946 [replaced]
Subor. †Diplomeri Romer 1964
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Invalid names: Diplovertebrontidae [empty]
Unr. †Embolomera Cope 1880
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Fm. †Archeriidae Kuhn 1965
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G. †Cricotus Cope 1875
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†Cricotus crassidiscus Cope 1884
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Invalid names: Cricotus hypantricus Cope 1886 [synonym]
†Cricotus heteroclitus Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Cricotus discophorus Cope 1877 [synonym], Cricotus gibsonii Cope 1877 [synonym]
G. †Spondylerpeton Moodie 1912
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Invalid names: Spondylerpeton spinatum Moodie 1912 [nomen vanum]
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G. †Eoherpeton Panchen 1975
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†Eoherpeton watsoni Panchen 1975
Subor. †Gephyrostegida
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Fm. †Gephyrostegidae Jaekel 1909
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G. †Bruktererpeton Boy and Bandel 1973
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†Bruktererpeton fiebigi Boy and Bandel 1973
G. †Eusauropleura Romer 1930
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G. †Gephyrostegus Jaekel 1902
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†Gephyrostegus bohemicus Jaekel 1902
†Gephyrostegus watsoni Brough and Brough 1967
Fm. †Proterogyrinidae Romer 1970
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G. †Papposaurus Watson 1914
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†Papposaurus traquairi Watson 1914
G. †Proterogyrinus Romer 1970
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Invalid names: Mauchchunkia bassa Hotton, III 1970 [synonym]
Invalid names: Mauchchunkia Hotton, III 1970 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anthracosaurida [synonym], Gephyrostegoidea [empty], Mauchchunkiidae Hotton, III 1970 [empty], Schizomeri Romer 1964 [empty], Seymouriamorphoidea [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 100000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 3 gg
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Peczkis 1995, Hendy et al. 2009, Legendre 1988, Witton 2008, Czaplewski 1997, Holman 2000

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Greenlandian or 427.40000 to 0.00820 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 423.0 Ma

Collections (43423 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (Wales) Keilorites sp. (74805)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Virginia) Dromopus aduncus (104796)
Tournaisian - Gzhelian358.9 - 298.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Pseudobradypus sp. (27703)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (England) Eoherpeton watsoni, Anthracosauria indet. (22726)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Eoherpeton watsoni (174421)
Serpukhovian - Bashkirian330.9 - 315.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Proterogyrinidae indet. (175248)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (West Virginia) Mauchchunkia bassa, Proterogyrinus scheelei (124949)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2United Kingdom (England) Lysorophus sp. (177139)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Massachusetts) Dromopus woodworthi (34780)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Wyoming) Steganoposaurus belli (197983)
Marsdenian321.3 - 320.0Germany (Westphalia) Bruktererpeton fiebigi (175907)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Lysorophus sp. (175174)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Hylerpeton curtidentatum, Hylonomus lyelli, Hylonomus wymani, Hylonomus latidens, Leiocephalikon eutheton, Amblyodon problematicum, Hylerpeton dawsoni, Protoclepsydrops haplous (28069) Hylonomus lyelli, Leiocephalikon problematicum, Trachystegos megalodon, Asaphestera intermedia (86946)
Westphalian A - Westphalian B318.7 - 314.6USA (Arizona) Elfridia bulbidens (92271)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Illinois) Diabloroter bolti (201784)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Dendromaia unamakiensis (207132)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Czech Republic Adenoderma gracilis (125662)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5Canada (Nova Scotia) Paleothyris acadiana, Archaeothyris florensis, Clepsydrops sp., Echinerpeton intermedium, Limnostygis relictus (80111)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5Czech Republic (Pilsen) Gephyrostegus bohemicus, Gephyrostegus watsoni, Coelostegus prothales, Hylonomus acuminatus, Brouffia orientalis, Sparodus validus, Archaeothyris sp., Amniota indet. (84835)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Cephalerpeton ventriarmatum, Infernovenator steenae, Brachydectes newberryi, Joermungandr bolti, Spondylerpeton spinatum (79598)