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Edaphosauridae
Description | Edaphosauridae is a family of mostly large (up to 3 meters or more) Late Carboniferous to Early Permian synapsids. Edaphosaur fossils are so far known only from North America and Europe. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edaphosauridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | family | |||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Edaphosauridae | |||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||
Classification (GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Edaphosauridae | |||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edaphosauridae |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Edaphosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 29 | 303 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
Glaucosaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 290 Ma Permian | 290 Ma Permian | |
Ianthasaurus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 306 Ma Carboniferous | 306 Ma Carboniferous |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Naosauridae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Naosauridae |
Naosaurus raymondi (Case, 1908) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Naosaurus raymondi |
Edaphosaurus raymondi (Case, 1908) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Edaphosaurus raymondi |
References
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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!