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Casea

Caseidae

Taxonomy
Casea was named by Williston (1910). Its type is Casea broilii. It is the type genus of Caseidae. It was considered paraphyletic by Maddin et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Araeoscelidae by Williston (1910); to Synapsida by Gauthier et al. (1989); and to Caseidae by Hay (1930), Reisz (1986), Carroll (1988) and Maddin et al. (2008).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Casea Williston p. 590
1930Casea Hay p. 59
1986Casea Reisz p. 59
1988Casea Carroll
1989Casea Gauthier et al. p. 341
2008Casea Maddin et al. p. 172 fig. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Caseasauria()
familyCaseidae
genusCasea

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. †Casea Williston 1910
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Casea broilii Williston 1910
Casea halselli Olson 1954
Casea membranacea Newberry 1853
Casea nicholsi Olson 1954
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 Kungurian to the top of the Leonardian or 279.30000 to 273.01000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Leonardian286.0 - 273.01USA (Texas) C. halselli (80574)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) C. broilii (28264) C. nicholsi (67735 85552)