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Batrachosauroididae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Batrachosauroididae Auffenberg p. 172
1969Batrachosauroididae Estes p. 232
1970Batrachosauroididae Estes and Berberian p. 4
1978Batrachosauroididae Naylor p. 567
1979Batrachosauroididae Naylor p. 19
1981Batrachosauroididae Estes
1988Batrachosauroididae Carroll
1991Batrachosauroididae Sullivan p. 294
2000Batrachosauroididae Shishkin p. 306
2001Batrachosauridae Peng et al. p. 19
2001Batrachosauroididae Weems and George p. 570
2012Batrachosauroididae Skutschas and Gubin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
orderProteida
familyBatrachosauroididae
familyBatrachosauroididae

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. †Batrachosauroididae Auffenberg 1958
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G. †Batrachosauroides Taylor and Hesse 1943
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†Batrachosauroides dissimulans Taylor and Hesse 1943
G. †Opisthotriton Auffenberg 1961
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†Opisthotriton gidleyi Sullivan 1991
†Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
G. †Palaeoproteus Herre 1935
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†Palaeoproteus gallicus Estes et al. 1967
†Palaeoproteus klatti Herre 1935
G. †Parrisia Denton, Jr. and O'Neill 1998
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†Parrisia neocesariensis Denton, Jr. and O'Neill 1998
G. †Peratosauroides Naylor 1981
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G. †Prodesmodon Estes 1964
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†Prodesmodon copei Estes 1964
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Invalid names: Cuttysarkus mcnallyi Estes 1964 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cuttysarkus Estes 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Berriasian to the top of the Clarendonian or 145.00000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (169 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Batrachosauroididae indet. (28995) Urodela indet. (28401)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Batrachosauroididae indet. (52312)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Batrachosauroididae indet. (137567)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) Batrachosauroididae indet. A (14385)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Utah) B. Gen. et sp. nov. 2 (14415)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Utah) Opisthotriton sp. (181388 181390)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Utah) Batrachosauroididae indet. (14413)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton kayi (14463)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Prodesmodon copei (14458)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Opisthotriton sp. (14467)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Opisthotriton sp., Prodesmodon sp. (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Opisthotriton sp. (75836 75849) Opisthotriton sp., Prodesmodon sp. (75846)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Batrachosauroididae indet. (222078) Opisthotriton kayi, Cuttysarkus mcnallyi, Prodesmodon copei (36543) Opisthotriton kayi, Prodesmodon copei (14498) Prodesmodon copei (36449)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton kayi (22695 22696 22697 22698 34302 34303 34305 34307 34309 34310 34315 34319 34320 34321 34322 45238 45260 45261 45262 45264 45671 45674 45822 45892 45893 45897 45898 45899 47784 47793 47807 47811 47812 47814 47816) Opisthotriton sp. (98674 98677)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Opisthotriton sp. (190353)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton kayi (45240 45560 45561 45564 45565 45566 45567 45670 45820 47794 47795 47809)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Batrachosauroididae indet. (74660)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton kayi (45819 45821 45894)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Opisthotriton sp. (14490) Prodesmodon copei (14446) Prodesmodon sp., Opisthotriton kayi (23549)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Opisthotriton kayi (229975) Opisthotriton sp. (14494)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton sp. (34744)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Prodesmodon sp. (165881)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Opisthotriton kayi (45113 231469)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) Opisthotriton kayi, Prodesmodon copei (85498 85499)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton sp. (14502 135739 135741 135743)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Opisthotriton kayi, Prodesmodon copei (14655)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Opisthotriton kayi (14537 192251)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Batrachosauroididae indet. (192246) Opisthotriton kayi (14515 14534 14535 14546 14549 14582 14639 144502) Opisthotriton kayi, Prodesmodon copei (144499) Opisthotriton sp. (14508 14560 14574)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Opisthotriton kayi (14640)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Opisthotriton kayi (14610)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Batrachosauroididae indet., Opisthotriton kayi, Cuttysarkus mcnallyi, Prodesmodon copei (14519) Cuttysarkus mcnallyi, Prodesmodon copei (14596) Opisthotriton kayi (14557 14601) Opisthotriton kayi, Cuttysarkus mcnallyi, Prodesmodon copei (14566) Opisthotriton kayi, Prodesmodon copei (14505 14514 14538 14577) Prodesmodon copei (14524 14598)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Opisthotriton sp. (224484) Opisthotriton sp., Prodesmodon sp. (157189)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Opisthotriton kayi, Cuttysarkus mcnallyi, Prodesmodon copei (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Opisthotriton kayi, Cuttysarkus mcnallyi, Prodesmodon copei (13142)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Opisthotriton kayi (45098 45109 45111 45112 45118 45136 213589) Opisthotriton kayi, Prodesmodon copei (45144)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Opisthotriton sp. (54105)
Pu366.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Opisthotriton kayi (218647)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Opisthotriton kayi (14768)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) Opisthotriton kayi (141585)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) Opisthotriton kayi (14658) Opisthotriton kayi, Prodesmodon copei (14792)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton kayi (192237)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Opisthotriton kayi (14798) Opisthotriton kayi, Prodesmodon copei (14666 14766) Prodesmodon copei (218649)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (North Dakota) Opisthotriton sp. (14962)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) Opisthotriton kayi (14874) Opisthotriton kayi, Opisthotriton gidleyi (14906)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Opisthotriton kayi (14886 14912)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton kayi (14828)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Opisthotriton kayi (14887)
Ti361.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) Opisthotriton sp. (14992)
Ti461.7 - 56.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Opisthotriton kayi (14978)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Opisthotriton kayi (15049 53059)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) Opisthotriton sp. (14931)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Palaeoproteus gallicus (68428 87925 87955)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Montana) Opisthotriton sp. (15079)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Opisthotriton kayi (15082)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) Batrachosauroides gotoi (15895)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Palaeoproteus klatti (13322)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Wyoming) Batrachosauroides sp. (17318)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Texas) Batrachosauroides sp. (18663)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Louisiana) Batrachosauroides sp. (163851)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Batrachosauroides dissimulans (18579)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Texas) Batrachosauroides dissimulans (75945)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Batrachosauroides dissimulans (18646)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Florida) Batrachosauroides dissimulans (18538)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Peratosauroides problematica (19380)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Ukraine (Khmel'nitsk'yi) Palaeoproteus miocenicus (48446)