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Anthracosauria
Taxonomy
Anthracosauria was named by Säve-Söderbergh (1934). It is extant.
It was assigned to Labyrinthodontia by Carroll (1988); to Tetrapoda by Gauthier et al. (1988) and Gauthier et al. (1989); and to Reptiliomorpha by Säve-Söderbergh (1934) and Haubold et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Labyrinthodontia by Carroll (1988); to Tetrapoda by Gauthier et al. (1988) and Gauthier et al. (1989); and to Reptiliomorpha by Säve-Söderbergh (1934) and Haubold et al. (2005).
Subtaxa
Chroniosuchida, Diplomeri, Embolomera, Eoherpetontidae, Gephyrostegida, Gephyrostegoidea, Lanthanosuchida, Lanthanosuchidae, Limnoscelidae, Mauchchunkiidae, Nycteroleterida, Nycteroleteridae, Proterogyrinidae, Schizomeri, Seymouriamorpha, Seymouriamorphoidea, Seymourida, Solenodonsauridae, Tokosauridae, Tseajaiidae
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1934 | Anthracosauria Säve-Söderbergh pp. 9, 17-18 fig. 5 |
| 1988 | Anthracosauria Carroll |
| 1988 | Anthracosauria Gauthier et al. p. 139 fig. 4.3 |
| 1989 | Anthracosauria Gauthier et al. p. 339 |
| 2005 | Anthracosauria Haubold et al. p. 78 |
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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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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 heteroclitus Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Cricotus discophorus Cope 1877 [synonym], Cricotus gibsonii Cope 1877 [synonym]
Subor. †Gephyrostegida
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Fm. †Gephyrostegidae Jaekel 1909
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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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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
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Johnson and Madden 1997, Legendre 1988, Peczkis 1995, Uhen and Gingerich 1995 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Arnsbergian to the top of the Holocene or 326.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 323.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 323.2 Ma
Collections (42086 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Mississippian | USA (Virginia) | Dromopus aduncus (104796) | |
| Tournaisian - Gzhelian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Pseudobradypus sp. (27703) | |
| Serpukhovian - Bashkirian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Proterogyrinidae indet. (175248) | |
| Arnsbergian | USA (West Virginia) | Mauchchunkia bassa, Proterogyrinus scheelei (124949) | |
| Pendleian | United Kingdom (England) | Eoherpeton watsoni, Anthracosauria indet. (22726) | |
| Pendleian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Eoherpeton watsoni (174421) | |
| Bashkirian | United Kingdom (England) | Lysorophus sp. (177139) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Wyoming) | Steganoposaurus belli (197983) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Massachusetts) | Dromopus woodworthi (34780) | |
| Marsdenian | Germany (Westphalia) | Bruktererpeton fiebigi (175907) | |
| Westphalian A | United Kingdom (England) | Lysorophus sp. (175174) | |
| Westphalian A | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Hylerpeton dawsoni, Leiocephalikon eutheton, Amblyodon problematicum, Protoclepsydrops haplous, Hylonomus latidens, Hylonomus wymani, Hylerpeton curtidentatum, Hylonomus lyelli (28069) Leiocephalikon problematicum, Trachystegos megalodon, Asaphestera intermedia, Hylonomus lyelli (86946) | |
| Westphalian A - Westphalian B | USA (Arizona) | Elfridia bulbidens (92271) | |
| Moscovian | Czech Republic | Adenoderma gracilis (125662) | |
| Moscovian | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Dendromaia unamakiensis (207132) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Illinois) | Diabloroter bolti (201784) | |
| Westphalian C - Westphalian D | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Clepsydrops sp., Archaeothyris florensis, Echinerpeton intermedium, Paleothyris acadiana, Limnostygis relictus (80111) | |
| Westphalian D | Czech Republic (Pilsen) | Gephyrostegus watsoni, Gephyrostegus bohemicus, Sparodus validus, Archaeothyris sp., Hylonomus acuminatus, Brouffia orientalis, Coelostegus prothales, Amniota indet. (84835) | |
| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Spondylerpeton spinatum, Infernovenator steenae, Brachydectes newberryi, Joermungandr bolti, Cephalerpeton ventriarmatum (79598) | |
| Westphalian D | USA (Ohio) | Molgophis macrurus (178682 178696 178697 178698) Sauropleura digitata, Eusauropleura digitata, Molgophis macrurus, Molgophis wheatleyi, Cocytinus gyrinoides, Pleuroptyx clavatus, Brachydectes newberryi, Archaeothyris sp., Pelycosauria indet., Sauropleura longipes, Carbonodraco lundi (85292) | |