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Caseidae
Taxonomy
Caseidae was named by Williston (1911). It is not extant. Its type is Casea. It was considered monophyletic by Maddin et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Caseiformes by Hay (1930); to Edaphosauria by Kuhn (1946); to Pelycosauria by Olson (1962) and Olson and Barghusen (1962); to Edaphosauria by Olson and Beerbower (1953) and Kuhn (1966); to Caseosauria by Olson (1966); to Caseamorpha by Kemp (1982); to Caseasauria by Williston (1912), Haubold (1971) and Reisz (1986); to Pelycosauria by Carroll (1988); to Casesauria by Ivakhnenko (2008); and to Caseasauria by Reisz (2005), Martens et al. (2005), Maddin et al. (2008), Romano and Nicosia (2014), Reisz and Fröbisch (2014) and Spindler et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Caseiformes by Hay (1930); to Edaphosauria by Kuhn (1946); to Pelycosauria by Olson (1962) and Olson and Barghusen (1962); to Edaphosauria by Olson and Beerbower (1953) and Kuhn (1966); to Caseosauria by Olson (1966); to Caseamorpha by Kemp (1982); to Caseasauria by Williston (1912), Haubold (1971) and Reisz (1986); to Pelycosauria by Carroll (1988); to Casesauria by Ivakhnenko (2008); and to Caseasauria by Reisz (2005), Martens et al. (2005), Maddin et al. (2008), Romano and Nicosia (2014), Reisz and Fröbisch (2014) and Spindler et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1911 | Caseidae Williston p. 631 |
| 1912 | Caseidae Williston p. 649 |
| 1930 | Caseidae Hay p. 59 |
| 1946 | Caseidae Kuhn p. 56 |
| 1953 | Caseidae Olson and Beerbower p. 399 |
| 1962 | Caseidae Olson p. 95 |
| 1962 | Caseidae Olson and Barghusen p. 21 |
| 1966 | Caseidae Kuhn p. 123 |
| 1966 | Caseidae Olson p. 302 |
| 1971 | Caseidae Haubold p. 36 |
| 1982 | Caseidae Kemp p. 348 |
| 1986 | Caseidae Reisz p. 59 |
| 1988 | Caseidae Carroll |
| 2005 | Caseidae Martens et al. |
| 2005 | Caseidae Reisz p. 906 |
| 2008 | Caseidae Ivakhnenko |
| 2008 | Caseidae Maddin et al. pp. 161, 172 fig. 9 |
| 2014 | Caseidae Reisz and Fröbisch p. 2 fig. 4 |
| 2014 | Caseidae Romano and Nicosia p. 902 |
| 2016 | Caseidae Spindler et al. |
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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. †Caseidae Williston 1911
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G. †Angelosaurus Olson and Beerbower 1953
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†Angelosaurus dolani Olson and Beerbower 1953
†Angelosaurus greeni Olson 1962
†Angelosaurus romeri Olson and Barghusen 1962
G. †Casea Williston 1910
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†Casea broilii Williston 1910
†Casea halselli Olson 1954
†Casea membranacea Newberry 1853
†Casea nicholsi Olson 1954
G. †Chelichnus Jardine 1850
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†Chelichnus ambiguum Jardine 1853
†Chelichnus bucklandi Jardine 1850
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Invalid names: Herpetichnus sauroplesius Jardine 1850 [synonym]
†Chelichnus duncani Owen 1842
†Chelichnus gigas Jardine 1850
†Chelichnus hicklingi Nopsca 1923
†Chelichnus ingens Binney 1856
†Chelichnus megacheirus Huxley 1859
†Chelichnus obliquus Harkness 1851
†Chelichnus plancus Harkness 1851
†Chelichnus pricei Delair 1966
†Chelichnus titan Jardine 1853
†Chelichnus tripodizon Schmidt 1959
†Chelichnus wymanianus Lea 1856
Invalid names: Herpetichnus Jardine 1850 [synonym]
G. †Cotylorhynchus Stovall 1937
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†Cotylorhynchus bransoni Olson and Barghusen 1962
†Cotylorhynchus hancocki Olson and Beerbower 1953
†Cotylorhynchus romeri Stovall 1937
G. †Trichasaurus Williston 1913
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†Trichasaurus texensis Williston 1910
Invalid names: Trispondylus Williston 1910 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (43 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Virgilian | USA (Kansas) | Eocasea martini (68427) | |
| Kuzel | Poland (Lower Silesia) | Datheosaurus macrourus (80773) | |
| Cisuralian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Testudo duncani, Chelichnus gigas, Herpetichnus sauroplesius, Herpetichnus bucklandi, Chelichnus titan (174685) | |
| Permian | United Kingdom (Nottinghamshire) | Chelichnus hicklingi (197345) | |
| Artinskian | France (Burgundy) | Callibrachion gaudryi (180981) | |
| Artinskian | Germany (Thuringia) | C. new sp., Martensius bromackerensis (80112) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Oklahoma) | Arisierpeton simplex, Caseidae indet. (67862) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | France (Aveyron) | Casea rutena, Ruthenosaurus russellorum (80576) | |
| Leonardian | USA (Texas) | Casea halselli (80574) | |
| Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian | Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) | Phreatophasma aenigmaticum (80688) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Oklahoma) | Cotylorhynchus romeri (80578) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Casea broilii (28264) Casea nicholsi (67735 85552) Trispondylus texensis (28267) | |
| Kungurian - Roadian | Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) | Caseidae indet. (230270) | |
| Kungurian - Roadian | Italy (Sassero) | Cotylorhynchus sp. (161206) | |
| Kungurian - Roadian | USA (Texas) | Angelosaurus greeni (78559) Caseoides sanangeloensis (80692) Cotylorhynchus hancocki (79600 79694 80668 80917 85170 85171 85280 85281) Cotylorhynchus hancocki, Angelosaurus dolani (80729) Cotylorhynchus hancocki, Angelosaurus greeni, Caseopsis agilis (80669) Cotylorhynchus hancocki, Caseopsis agilis (80689) | |
| Late/Upper Kazanian - Urzhumian | Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) | Ennatosaurus tecton (80685 85160) | |
| Roadian - Wordian | USA (Oklahoma) | Caseidae indet. (27480 27600) Caseidae indet., Cotylorhynchus bransoni (27475) Caseidae indet., Cotylorhynchus bransoni, Angelosaurus romeri (27573) Cotylorhynchus bransoni (27407) Cotylorhynchus bransoni, Angelosaurus romeri (27414) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | Caseidae indet. (195216) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | Spain (Catalonia) | Ennatosaurus tecton (230352) | |
| Capitanian - Wuchiapingian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Chelichnus sp. (197298) | |
| Induan - Olenekian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | Chelichnus duncani (197230) | |
| Carnian - Norian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Chelichnus megacheirus (197333) |