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Broiliellus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37024https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37024
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Dissorophidae : Broiliellus
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
subfamilyDissorophinaeBoulenger 1902
genusBroiliellusWilliston 1914
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Broiliellusgenusbelongs to Aspidosaurinaestated with evidenceWatson, 1919
Broiliellusgenusbelongs to DissorophidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Broiliellusgenusbelongs to Dissorophinaestated with evidenceSchoch, 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
First Recorded Appearance299 - 290 Ma
Paleozoic
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)S. W. Williston. 1914. Broiliellus, a new genus of amphibians from the Permian of Texas. Journal of Geology 22:49-56

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Broiliellus arroyoensis
species
listed (PBDB)1279 Ma
Permian
279 Ma
Permian
Broiliellus brevis
species
listed (PBDB)2296 Ma
Permian
296 Ma
Permian
Broiliellus olsoni
species
listed (PBDB)1296 Ma
Permian
296 Ma
Permian
Broiliellus reiszi
species
listed (PBDB)1296 Ma
Permian
296 Ma
Permian
Broiliellus texensis
species
listed (PBDB)1290 Ma
Permian
290 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1914Broiliellus Williston
1919Broiliellus Watson p. 65
1975Broiliellus hektotopos Berman and Berman
1988Broiliellus Carroll
2013Broiliellus Schoch
2014Broiliellus Schoch and Milner

References

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