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Episcopopus ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Episcopopus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 201 - 191 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 201 - 191 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Temnospondyli) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Temnospondyli) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Ellenberger. 1970. Les niveaux paléontologiques de première apparition des mammifères primoridaux en Afrique du Sud et leur ichnologie. Establissement de zones stratigraphiques detaillees dans le Stormberg du Lesotho (Afrique du Sud) (Trias Supérieur à Jurassique) [The paleontological levels of the first appearance of primordial mammals in southern Africa and their ichnology. Establishment of detailed stratigraphic zones in the Stormberg of Lesotho (southern Africa) (Upper Triassic to Jurassic). In: S. H. Haughton (ed.), Second Symposium on Gondwana Stratigraphy and Paleontology, International Union of Geological Sciences. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Episcopopus ventrosus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1970 | Episcopopus Ellenberger p. 347 |
1974 | Episcopopus Ellenberger p. 57 |
1984 | Episcopopus Olsen and Galton p. 101 |
2014 | Episcopopus Marsicano et al. p. 7 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!