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Spathicephalus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)36973https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36973
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Spathicephalidae : Spathicephalus
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
superfamilyBaphetoideaCope 1875
familySpathicephalidaeBeaumont 1977
genusSpathicephalusWatson 1928
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Spathicephalusgenusbelongs to SpathicephalidaeimpliedBeaumont, 1977
Spathicephalusgenusbelongs to LoxommatoideaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Spathicephalusgenusbelongs to Spathicephalidaestated with evidenceBeaumont and Smithson, 1998
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance347 - 331 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance326 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Spathicephalus marsdeni
species
listed (PBDB)1347 Ma
Carboniferous
347 Ma
Carboniferous
Spathicephalus mirus
species
listed (PBDB)2326 Ma
Carboniferous
326 Ma
Carboniferous
Spathicephalus pereger
species
listed (PBDB)1331 Ma
Carboniferous
331 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1928Spathicephalus Watson
1977Spathicephalus Beaumont
1988Spathicephalus Carroll
1998Spathicephalus Beaumont and Smithson p. 189
2015Spathicephalus Clack and Milner p. 61

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Beaumont E. H. (1977) Cranial morphology of the Loxommatidae (Amphibia: Labyrinthodontia), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 280, 29-101 doi:10.1098/rstb.1977.0099
Beaumont E. H., Smithson T. R. (1998) The cranial morphology and relationships of the aberrant Carboniferous amphibian Spathicephalus mirus Watson, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 122, 187-209 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02529.x
Clack J. A., Milner A. R. (2015) Handbook of Paleoherpetology, Part 3A1: Basal Tetrapoda
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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