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Embolomeri

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37178https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37178
Ranksuborder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Embolomeri
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
suborderEmbolomeri
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Embolomerisuborderbelongs to Batrachiastated with evidenceCope, 1884
Embolomerisuborderbelongs to Labyrinthodontiastated with evidenceWatson, 1919
Embolomerisuborderbelongs to Temnospondylistated with evidenceKuhn, 1946
Embolomerisubordersubjective synonym of Embolomerastated without evidencePanchen, 1970
Embolomerisuborderbelongs to Anthracosauriastated without evidenceCarroll et al., 1972
Embolomerisuborderbelongs to AnthracosauriaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Taxon Size (PBDB)35
First Recorded Appearance339 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Anthracosauroidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)21331 Ma
Carboniferous
280 Ma
Permian
Loxommatoidea
superfamily
listed (PBDB)
Anthracosauridae
family
listed (PBDB)5326 Ma
Carboniferous
311 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1884Embolomeri Cope p. 36
1919Embolomeri Watson p. 64
1946Embolomeri Kuhn p. 51
1972Embolomeri Carroll et al. p. 21
1988Embolomeri Carroll

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Cope E. D. The Batrachia of the Permian Period of North America, American Naturalist 18 1, 26-39
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
Carroll R. L., Kuhn O., et al (1972) Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 5 / Part 5 Batrachosauria (Anthracosauria) Teil B / Part B Gephyrostegida-Chroniosuchida, 1-81
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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