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Phlegethontiidae
Taxonomy
Phlegethontiidae was named by Cope (1875). It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Molgophidae by Hay (1902); it was misspelled as Phlegetontiidae by Kuhn (1946), McGinnis (1967), Lund (1978), Thayer (1985), Carroll (1988), Carroll et al. (1998) and Anderson (2002).
It was assigned to Stegocephali by Cope (1875); to Microsauria by Cope (1875); to Aistopoda by Kuhn (1946), McGinnis (1967), Lund (1978) and Carroll (1988); and to Aistopoda by Thayer (1985), Carroll et al. (1998) and Anderson (2002).
It was synonymized subjectively with Molgophidae by Hay (1902); it was misspelled as Phlegetontiidae by Kuhn (1946), McGinnis (1967), Lund (1978), Thayer (1985), Carroll (1988), Carroll et al. (1998) and Anderson (2002).
It was assigned to Stegocephali by Cope (1875); to Microsauria by Cope (1875); to Aistopoda by Kuhn (1946), McGinnis (1967), Lund (1978) and Carroll (1988); and to Aistopoda by Thayer (1985), Carroll et al. (1998) and Anderson (2002).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1875 | Phlegethontiidae Cope |
| 1889 | Dolichosomatidae Lydekker p. 1024 |
| 1946 | Phlegetontiidae Kuhn p. 53 |
| 1948 | Dolichosomidae Gregory pp. 636, 662 |
| 1967 | Phlegethontiidae McGinnis p. 2 |
| 1978 | Phlegethontiidae Lund p. 55 |
| 1985 | Phlegethontiidae Thayer p. 688 |
| 1988 | Phlegethontiidae Carroll |
| 1998 | Phlegethontiidae Carroll et al. p. xii |
| 2002 | Phlegethontiidae Anderson p. 1031 |
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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.
Fm. †Phlegethontiidae Cope 1875
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G. †Dolichosoma Huxley and Wright 1867
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†Dolichosoma emersoni Huxley and Wright 1867
†Dolichosoma scutiferum Fritsch 1901
G. †Phlegethontia Cope 1871
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†Phlegethontia linearis Cope 1871
†Phlegethontia longissima Fritsch 1875
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Invalid names: Aornerpeton mazonensis Gregory 1948 [synonym], Phlegethontia serpens Cope 1871 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aornerpeton Lund 1978 [synonym], Phlegethontia phanerhapha Thayer 1985 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Dolichosomatidae Lydekker 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Wolfcampian or 318.70000 to 286.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian A | Ireland (Lenister) | Dolichosoma emersoni (175806) | |
| Westphalian A - Westphalian B | USA (Arizona) | Phlegethontia phanerhapha (92271) | |
| Westphalian D | Czech Republic (Pilsen) | Dolichosoma longissimum, Phlegethontia longissima, Dolichosoma scutiferum (84835) | |
| Westphalian D | USA (Ohio) | Phlegethontia linearis, Phlegethontia serpens, Phlegethontia longissima (85292) | |
| Westphalian D | USA (Illinois) | Phlegethontia mazonensis (79598) | |
| Gzhelian - Sakmarian | USA (New Mexico) | Phlegethontia sp. (180989) | |
| Stephanian B | France | Phlegethontia sp. (178269) | |
| Wolfcampian | USA (New Mexico) | Phlegethontia sp. (181078) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Oklahoma) | Aistopoda indet. (67862) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Phlegethontia sp. (85299 85300) |