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Dissorophidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	37017	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37017

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Dissorophidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Temnospondyli
-	Eutemnospondyli	Schoch 2013
-	Rhachitomi
-	Dissorophoidea
-	Xerodromes	Schoch and Milner 2014
-	Olsoniformes	Anderson et al. 2008
family	Dissorophidae	Boulenger 1902

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dissorophidae	family	belongs to Rachitomi	stated with evidence	Watson, 1919
Dissorophidae	family	belongs to Rhachitomi	stated without evidence	Olson, 1956
Dissorophidae	family	belongs to Dissorophoidea	stated without evidence	Daly, 1973
Dissorophidae	family	belongs to Eryopoidea	implied	Carroll, 1988
Dissorophidae	family	belongs to Temnospondyli	implied	Li and Cheng, 1999
Dissorophidae	family	belongs to Dissorophoidea	stated without evidence	Shishkin et al., 2000
Dissorophidae	family	belongs to Dissorophoidea	implied	Martens et al., 2005
Dissorophidae	family	belongs to Olsoniformes	stated without evidence	Anderson et al., 2008
Dissorophidae	family	belongs to Olsoniformes	stated with evidence	Bourget and Anderson, 2011
Dissorophidae	family	belongs to Olsoniformes	stated without evidence	Schoch and Sues, 2013
Dissorophidae	family	belongs to Olsoniformes	stated with evidence	Schoch and Milner, 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

314 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

268 - 265 Ma
Permian

Environment

brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)

Diet

carnivore (based on Olsoniformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aspidosaurinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	11	304 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Cacopinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Dissorophinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	15	299 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Platyhistricinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	17	304 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Fayella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Iratusaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	268 Ma Permian	268 Ma Permian
Macrerpeton ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Perryella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Stegops ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	4	314 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Eucacopinae ✝ unranked clade	listed (PBDB)	23	299 Ma Carboniferous	268 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1896	Otocoelidae Cope pp. 122, 123
1902	Dissorophidae Boulenger
1902	Otocoelidae Hay p. 429
1909	Stegopidae Moodie p. 79
1911	Aspidosaurus peltatus Williston
1914	Broiliellus peltatus Williston p. 54
1919	Dissorophidae Watson p. 65
1946	Dissorophidae Kuhn p. 52
1946	Stegopidae Kuhn p. 52
1956	Dissorophidae Olson p. 320
1970	Dissorophidae Olson p. 400

Year	Name and Author
1973	Dissorophidae Daly p. 568
1988	Dissorophidae Carroll
1999	Dissorophidae Li and Cheng pp. 239, 245
2000	Dissorophidae Shishkin et al.
2005	Dissorophidae Martens et al.
2008	Dissorophidae Anderson et al. p. 70 fig. 9
2009	Dissorophidae Reisz et al. p. 790
2011	Dissorophidae Bourget and Anderson p. 45
2013	Dissorophidae Schoch
2013	Dissorophidae Schoch and Sues p. 438
2014	Dissorophidae Schoch and Milner

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Cope E. D. Second contribution to the history of the Cotylosauria, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 35 151, 122-139

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Moodie R. L. (1909) A contribution to a monograph of the extinct Amphibia of North America. New forms from the Carboniferous, Journal of Geology 17 1, 38-82

Williston S. W. (1911) , American Permian Vertebrates, 1-145

Williston S. W. (1914) Broiliellus, a new genus of amphibians from the Permian of Texas, Journal of Geology 22, 49-56

Watson D. M. S. (1919) The structure, evolution and origin of the Amphibia.—The "orders" Rachitomi and Stereospondyli, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 209, 1-73

Kuhn O. (1946) Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien [The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles], Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg 29, 49-67

Olson E. C. (1970) New and little known genera and species of vertebrates from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma, Fieldiana: Geology 18 3, 359-434

Daly E. (1973) A Lower Permian vertebrate fauna from southern Oklahoma, Journal of Paleontology 47 3, 562-589

Li J.-L., Cheng Z.-W. (1999) New Anthracosaur and Temnospondyl Amphibians from Gansu, China - The Fifth Report on Late Permian Dashankou Lower Tetrapod Fauna, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 37 3, 234-247

Shishkin M. A., Novikov I. V., et al (2000) Permian and Triassic temnospondyls from Russia, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 35-59

Martens T., Berman D. S., et al (2005) The Bromacker Quarry - the Most Important Locality of Lower Permian Terrestrial Vertebrate Fossils Outside of North America, The Nonmarine Permian. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 30, 214-215

Anderson J. S., Henrici A. C., et al (2008) Georgenthalia clavinasica, a new genus and species of dissorophoid temnospondyl from the Early Permian of Germany, and the relationships of the family Amphibamidae, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 1, 61-75

Reisz R. R., Schoch R. R., et al (2009) The armoured dissorophid Cacops from the Early Permian of Oklahoma and the exploitation of the terrestrial realm by amphibians, Naturwissenschaften 96, 789-796

Bourget H., Anderson J. S. (2011) A new amphibamid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from the Early Permian of Texas, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 1, 32-49 doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.539652

Schoch R. R. (2013) The evolution of major temnospondyl clades: an inclusive phylogenetic analysis, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.699006

Schoch R. R., Sues H.-D. (2013) A new dissorophid temnospondyl from the Lower Permian of north-central Texas, Comptes Rendus Palevol 12, 437-445 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2013.04.002

Schoch R. R., Milner A. R. (2014) Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I

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