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Hylonomus

Reptilia - Protorothyrididae

Taxonomy
Hylonomus was named by Dawson (1860). It is not extant. Its type is Hylonomus lyelli. It is the type genus of Hylonomidae.

It was assigned to Microsauria by Dawson (1882); to Hylonomidae by Hay (1902) and Moodie (1916); to Romeriidae by Carroll (1964); and to Protorothyrididae by Carroll (1988) and Haubold et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Hylonomus Dawson p. 274
1882Fritschia Dawson p. 634
1882Hylonomus Dawson p. 634
1882Fritschia Dawson p. 641 figs. Pl. 43
1902Fritschia Hay p. 412
1902Hylonomus Hay p. 412
1916Fritschia Moodie pp. 47, 84
1916Hylonomus Moodie pp. 47, 78
1964Hylonomus Carroll p. 62
1988Hylonomus Carroll
2005Hylonomus Haubold et al. p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
familyProtorothyrididae
familyRomeriidae
genusHylonomus

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.

G. †Hylonomus Dawson 1860
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†Hylonomus acuminatus Fritsch 1883
†Hylonomus latidens Dawson 1882
†Hylonomus lyelli Dawson 1860
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Invalid names: Hylerpeton curtidentatum Dawson 1876 [synonym]
†Hylonomus wymani Dawson 1860
Invalid names: Fritschia Dawson 1882 [synonym]
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 Westphalian A to the top of the Westphalian D or 318.70000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (Nova Scotia) H. lyelli (86946) H. lyelli, Hylerpeton curtidentatum, H. wymani, H. latidens (28069)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5Czech Republic (Pilsen) H. acuminatus (84835)