| Source Data | |
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| Rank | order (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Pelycosauria |
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Classification
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| Common Name | pelycosaur |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Rhynchocephalia | stated without evidence | Cope, 1878 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Theromorpha | stated with evidence | Baur, 1887 | | Pelycosauria | suborder | subjective synonym of Theriodontia | stated with evidence | Zittel, 1890 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Reptilia | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Diaptosauria | stated with evidence | Osborn, 1903 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Rhynchocephalia | stated with evidence | Osborn, 1903 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Diaptosauria | stated with evidence | Osborn, 1904 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Rhynchocephalia | stated without evidence | Case, 1907 | | Pelycosauria | suborder | subjective synonym of Naosauri | stated without evidence | Jaekel, 1911 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Reptilia | stated without evidence | Nopcsa, 1923 | | Pelycosauria | suborder | belongs to Theromorpha | stated without evidence | Swinton, 1934 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Synapsida | stated with evidence | Romer and Price, 1940 | | Pelycosauria | suborder | belongs to Theromorpha | stated with evidence | Kuhn, 1946 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Synapsida | stated without evidence | Olson and Beerbower, 1953 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Theromorphoidea | stated without evidence | Huene, 1954 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Captorhina | implied | Olson and Barghusen, 1962 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Synapsida | stated without evidence | Olson, 1962 | | Pelycosauria | subclass | belongs to Reptilia | stated with evidence | Langston, 1965 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Synapsida | stated without evidence | Olson, 1966 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Theromorpha | stated with evidence | Kuhn, 1966 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Synapsida | stated without evidence | Daly, 1973 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Reptilia | stated without evidence | Berman, 1977 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Synapsida | stated without evidence | Currie, 1977 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Synapsida | stated with evidence | Langston and Reisz, 1981 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Reptilia | implied | Eberth and Brinkman, 1983 | | Pelycosauria | order | belongs to Synapsida | implied | Carroll, 1988 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 22 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 296 - 268 Ma
Permian |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Amniota) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. D. Cope. 1878. Descriptions of extinct Batrachia and Reptilia from the Permian formations of Texas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17:505-530 |
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| Cope E. D. Descriptions of extinct Batrachia and Reptilia from the Permian formations of Texas, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17, 505-530 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Osborn H. F. (1903) On the primary division of the Reptilia into two sub-classes, Synapsida and Diapsida, Science 17 424, 275-276 |
| Case E. C. (1907) Revision of the Pelycosauria of North America., Carnegie Institution of Washington 55, 3-176 |
| Nopcsa B. F. (1923) Die Familien der Reptilien [The families of reptiles], Forschritte der Geologie und Palaeontologie. Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin 2, 1-210 |
| Nopcsa B. F. (1928) Palaeontological notes on reptiles. V. On the skull of the Upper Cretaceous dinosaur Euoplocephalus, Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 1 1, 1-54 |
| Swinton W. E. (1934) , A Guide to the Fossil Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians in the Department of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, S.W. 7, xii-87 |
| Romer A. S., Price L. I. (1940) Review of the Pelycosauria, Geological Society of America Special Paper 28, 1-538 |
| 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., Beerbower J. R. (1953) The San Angelo Formation, Permian of Texas, and its Vertebrates, Journal of Geology 61 5, 389-423 |
| Haughton S. H., Brink A. S. (1954) A bibliographical list of Reptilia from the Karroo Beds of South Africa, Palaeontologia Africana 2, 1-187 |
| Huene F. v. (1954) , Die Saurierwelt und ihre Geschichtlichen Zusammenhänge [The World of Reptiles and the History of Their Interrelationships]. 2nd, revised edition, 1-66 |
| Olson E. C. (1962) Late Permian terrestrial vertebrates, U.S.A. and U.S.S.R, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 52 2, 1-224 |
| Olson E. C., Barghusen H. (1962) Permian vertebrates from Oklahoma and Texas. Part I.—Vertebrates from the Flowerpot Formation, Permian of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Geological Survey, Circular 59, 5-48 |
| Langston W. (1965) Oedaleops campi (Reptilia: Pelycosauria) New Genus and Species from the Lower Permian of New Mexico, and the Family Eothyrididae, Bulletin of the Texas Memorial Museum 9, 1-47 |
| Lewis G. E., Vaughn P. P. (1965) Early Permian Vertebrates from the Cutler Formation of the Placerville Area, Colorado, United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 503-C, C1-C46 |
| Kuhn O. W. M. (1966) , Die Reptilien. System und Stammesgeschichte [The Reptiles. Systematics and Phylogeny.], 1-154 |
| Olson E. C. (1966) Community evolution and the origin of mammals, Ecology 47 2, 291-302 |
| Daly E. (1973) A Lower Permian vertebrate fauna from southern Oklahoma, Journal of Paleontology 47 3, 562-589 |
| Berman D. S. (1977) A New Species of Dimetrodon (Reptilia, Pelycosauria) from a Non-Deltaic Facies in the Lower Permian of North-Central New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 51 1, 108-115 |
| Currie P. (1977) A New Haptodontine Sphenacodont (Reptilia: Pelycosauria) from the Upper Pennsylvanian of North America, Journal of Paleontology 51 5, 927-942 |
| Langston W., Reisz R. R. (1981) Aerosaurus wellesi, new species, a varanopseid mammal-like reptile (Synapsida: Pelycosauria) from the Lower Permian of New Mexico, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1 1, 73-96 |
| Eberth D. A., Brinkman D. (1983) Ruthiromia elcobriensis, a New Pelycosaur from El Cobre Canyon, New Mexico, Breviora 474, 1-26 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
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