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Ostodolepis brevispinatus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)150619https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=150619
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Microsauria : Ostodolepidae : Ostodolepis : Ostodolepis brevispinatus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-AmphibiaLinnaeus 1758
-Lepospondyli
-Microsauria
suborderTuditanomorphaCarroll and Gaskill 1978
familyOstodolepidaeRomer 1945
genusOstodolepisWilliston 1913
speciesOstodolepis brevispinatusWilliston 1913
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ostodolepis brevispinatusspeciesbelongs to Ostodolepisstated with evidenceWilliston, 1913
Ostodolepis brevispinatusspeciesbelongs to OstodolepisimpliedGregory et al., 1956
Ostodolepis brevispinatusspeciesbelongs to Ostodolepisstated with evidenceCarroll and Gaskill, 1978
Ostodolepis brevispinatusspeciesbelongs to Ostodolepisstated without evidenceCarroll et al., 1998
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance279 - 272 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance279 - 272 Ma
Permian
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Reproductiondispersal=water (based on Amphibia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. W. Williston. 1913. Ostodolepis brevispinatus, a new reptile from the Permian of Texas. Journal of Geology 21(4):363-366

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1913Ostodolepis brevispinatus Williston p. 363 figs. 1, 2
1930Ostodolepis brevispinatus Hay p. 45
1956Ostodolepis brevispinatus Gregory et al. p. 31
1978Ostodolepis brevispinatus Carroll and Gaskill pp. 76, 77 fig. 47
1998Ostodolepis brevispinatus Carroll et al. p. 51

References

Williston S. W. (1913) Ostodolepis brevispinatus, a new reptile from the Permian of Texas, Journal of Geology 21 4, 363-366
Hay O. P. (1930) Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington 390 II, 1-1074
Gregory J. T., Peabody F. E., et al (1956) Revision of the Gymnarthridae - American Permian Microsaurs, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 10, 1-77
Carroll R. L., Gaskill P. (1978) The Order Microsauria, Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society 126, 1-211
Carroll R. L., Bossy K. A., et al (1998) Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 1 / Part 1 Lepospondyli: Microsauria, Nectridea, Lysorophia, Adelospondyli, Aistopoda, Acherontiscidae, 1-216
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!
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