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Edaphosaurus pogonias

Edaphosauridae

Taxonomy
Edaphosaurus pogonias was named by Cope (1882). Its type specimen is AMNH 4009 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Edaphosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Edaphosaurus pogonias Cope pp. 449-450
1888Edaphosaurus pogonias Cope p. 287
1902Edaphosaurus pogonias Hay p. 433
1907Edaphosaurus pogonias Case p. 69
1930Edaphosaurus pogonias Hay p. 58
1986Edaphosaurus pogonias Reisz

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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
suborderEupelycosauria
familyEdaphosauridae
genusEdaphosaurus
speciespogonias

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.

†Edaphosaurus pogonias Cope 1882
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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: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Oklahoma) Edaphosaurus pogonias (221391)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Edaphosaurus pogonias (type locality: 28256)