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Aspidosaurus ✝

Description
From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidosaurus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37021https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37021
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Dissorophidae : Aspidosaurus
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
-Temnospondyli
-EutemnospondyliSchoch 2013
-Rhachitomi
-Dissorophoidea
-XerodromesSchoch and Milner 2014
-OlsoniformesAnderson et al. 2008
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
subfamilyAspidosaurinae
genusAspidosaurusBroili 1904
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aspidosaurusgenusbelongs to Aspidosauridaestated with evidenceCase, 1910
Aspidosaurusgenusbelongs to DissorophidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Aspidosaurusgenusbelongs to Aspidosaurinaestated with evidenceSchoch and Milner, 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
First Recorded Appearance304 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance279 - 268 Ma
Permian
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Olsoniformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidosaurus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Alegeinosaurus apicalis ✝
species		listed (PBDB)
Alegeinosaurus aphthitos ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1279 Ma
Permian		279 Ma
Permian
Aspidosaurus binasser ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1290 Ma
Permian		290 Ma
Permian
Aspidosaurus chiton ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1279 Ma
Permian		279 Ma
Permian
Aspidosaurus glascocki ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1290 Ma
Permian		290 Ma
Permian
Aspidosaurus novomexicanus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2303 Ma
Carboniferous		303 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1904Aspidosaurus Broili
1910Aspidosaurus Case p. 179
1911Alegeinosaurus Case
1919Alegeinosaurus Watson p. 65
1919Aspidosaurus Watson p. 65
1988Alegeinosaurus Carroll
1988Aspidosaurus Carroll
2014Alegeinosaurus Schoch and Milner p. 75
2014Aspidosaurus Schoch and Milner p. 81

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Case E. C. (1910) New or little known reptiles and amphibians from the Permian (?) of Texas, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 28, 163-181
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
Schoch R. R., Milner A. R. (2014) Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I
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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