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Stegotretus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)227374https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=227374
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Microsauria : Gymnarthridae : Stegotretus
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
familyGymnarthridaeCase 1910
genusStegotretusBerman et al. 1988
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Stegotretusgenusbelongs to Gymnarthridaestated without evidenceBerman et al., 1988
Stegotretusgenusbelongs to Gymnarthridaestated with evidenceCarroll et al., 1998
Stegotretusgenusbelongs to Lepospondylistated without evidenceMaddin et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance296 - 268 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance296 - 268 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)D. S. Berman, D. A. Eberth, and D. B. Brinkman. 1988. Stegotretus agyrus a new genus and species of microsaur (amphibian) from the Permo-Pennsylvanian of New Mexico. Annals of Carnegie Museum 57:293-323

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Stegotretus agyrus
species
listed (PBDB)1296 Ma
Permian
296 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1988Stegotretus Berman et al.
1998Stegotretus Carroll et al. p. 5
2012Stegotretus Maddin et al.

References

Berman D. S., Eberth D. A., et al (1988) Stegotretus agyrus a new genus and species of microsaur (amphibian) from the Permo-Pennsylvanian of New Mexico, Annals of Carnegie Museum 57, 293-323
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
Maddin H. C., Jenkins Jr F. A., et al (2012) The Braincase of Eocaecilia micropodia (Lissamphibia, Gymnophiona) and the Origin of Caecilians, PLoS One 7 12, e50743 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050743
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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