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Proteida

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)156360https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=156360
Rankorder (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Proteida
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
-Lissamphibia
-Batrachia
-Caudata
suborderProteida
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Proteidaorderbelongs to Batrachiastated with evidenceCope, 1875
Proteidasuborderbelongs to Caudatastated without evidenceNaylor, 1978
Proteidasuborderbelongs to UrodelesimpliedCarroll, 1988
Proteidasuborderbelongs to Caudatastated with evidenceShishkin, 2000
Taxon Size (PBDB)17
First Recorded Appearance145 - 140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)B. G. Naylor. 1979. The Cretaceous salamander Prodesmodon (Amphibia: Caudata). Herpetologica 35(1):11-20

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Batrachosauroididae
family
listed (PBDB)192145 Ma
Late Jurassic
13.6 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1875Proteida Cope p. 12
1978Proteidea Naylor p. 566
1979Proteida Naylor p. 19
1981Proteoidea Estes
1988Proteoidea Carroll
2000Proteida Shishkin p. 306

References

Naylor B. G. (1979) The Cretaceous salamander Prodesmodon (Amphibia: Caudata), Herpetologica 35 1, 11-20
Cope E. D. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1, 1-109
Naylor B. G. (1978) The earliest known Necturus (Amphibia, Urodela), from the Paleocene Ravenscrag Formation of Saskatchewan, Journal of Herpetology 12 4, 565-569
Estes R. (1981) , Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Part 2. Gymnophiona, Caudata. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, xv-115
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Shishkin M. A. (2000) Mesozoic amphibians from Mongolia and the Central Asiatic republics, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, 297-308
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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