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Ostodolepidae

Ostodolepidae

Taxonomy
Ostodolepidae was named by Romer (1945). It is not extant. It was considered paraphyletic by Huttenlocker et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Tuditanomorpha by Carroll and Gaskill (1978), Carroll (1988) and Carroll et al. (1998); and to Recumbirostra by Huttenlocker et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Ostodolepidae Romer
1978Ostodolepidae Carroll and Gaskill pp. 4, 76
1988Ostodolepididae Carroll
1998Ostodolepidae Carroll et al. p. xi
2013Ostodolepidae Huttenlocker et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RecumbirostraAnderson 2007
familyOstodolepidaeRomer 1945
familyOstodolepidaeRomer 1945

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. †Ostodolepidae Romer 1945
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G. †Micraroter Daly 1973
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G. †Nannaroter Anderson et al. 2009
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Nannaroter mckinziei Anderson et al. 2009
G. †Ostodolepis Williston 1913
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Ostodolepis brevispinatus Williston 1913
G. †Pelodosotis Carroll and Gaskill 1978
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Pelodosotis elongatum Carroll and Gaskill 1978
G. †Tambaroter Henrici et al. 2011
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Tambaroter carrolli Henrici et al. 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Oklahoma) Nannaroter mckinziei (67862)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Germany (Thuringia) Tambaroter carrolli (121601)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Micraroter erythrogeios, Ostodolepis brevispinatus, Pelodosotis elongatum (28256)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) Micraroter erythrogeios (67945)