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Gymnarthridae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Microsauria : Gymnarthridae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 318 - 315 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 279 - 268 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water (based on Amphibia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. C. Case. 1910. New or little known reptiles and amphibians from the Permian (?) of Texas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 28:163-181 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bolterpeton ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
Cardiocephalus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 290 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Elfridia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Euryodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 296 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Goniorhynchus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Hylerpeton ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Leiocephalikon ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 318 Ma Carboniferous | |
Pariotichus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 296 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
Sparodus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 311 Ma Carboniferous | 311 Ma Carboniferous | |
Stegotretus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1910 | Gymnarthridae Case p. 177 |
1930 | Gymnarthridae Hay p. 32 |
1962 | Gymnarthridae Olson and Barghusen p. 13 |
1970 | Gymnarthridae Olson p. 403 |
1973 | Gymnarthridae Daly p. 571 |
1978 | Gymnarthridae Carroll and Gaskill p. 4 |
1985 | Gymnarthridae Thayer p. 690 |
1988 | Gymnarthridae Carroll |
1998 | Gymnarthridae Carroll et al. p. xi |
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!