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Petrolacosauridae

Reptilia - Petrolacosauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Petrolacosauridae Peabody p. 5
1966Petrolacosauridae Kuhn p. 119
1977Petrolacosauridae Reisz p. 1093
1980Petrolacosauridae Chatterjee p. 197
1985Petrolacosauridae Benton p. 153
1988Petrolacosauridae Carroll
1991Petrolacosauridae Laurin p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Araeoscelidia(Williston 1913)
familyPetrolacosauridae
familyPetrolacosauridae

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. †Petrolacosauridae Peabody 1952
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G. †Petrolacosaurus Lane 1945
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Invalid names: Podargosaurus hibbardi Lane 1945 [synonym]
Invalid names: Podargosaurus Lane 1945 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Missourian or 305.90000 to 303.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian305.9 - 303.4USA (Kansas) Petrolacosaurus kansensis, Podargosaurus hibbardi (80784)