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Tetraceratops

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)38930https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38930
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Tetraceratops
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
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
genusTetraceratopsMatthew 1908
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tetraceratopsgenusbelongs to Pelycosauriastated with evidenceMatthew, 1908
Tetraceratopsgenusbelongs to Eothyrididaestated without evidenceRomer and Price, 1940
Tetraceratopsgenusbelongs to Pelycosauriastated with evidenceReisz, 1986
Tetraceratopsgenusbelongs to PelycosauriaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Tetraceratopsgenusbelongs to Therapsidastated with evidenceLaurin and Reisz, 1996
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance279 - 272 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance279 - 272 Ma
Permian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. D. Matthew. 1908. A four-horned pelycosaurian from the Permian of Texas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:183-185

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Tetraceratops insignis
species
listed (PBDB)1279 Ma
Permian
279 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1908Tetraceratops Matthew p. 183 fig. unnumbered
1940Tetraceratops Romer and Price pp. 18, 258
1986Tetraceratops Reisz p. 84
1988Tetraceratops Carroll
1996Tetraceratops Laurin and Reisz p. 95 figs. 1-3

References

Matthew W. D. (1908) A four-horned pelycosaurian from the Permian of Texas, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24, 183-185
Romer A. S., Price L. I. (1940) Review of the Pelycosauria, Geological Society of America Special Paper 28, 1-538
Reisz R. R. (1986) Pelycosauria, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 17A, 1-102
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Laurin M., Reisz R. R. (1996) The Osteology and Relationships of Tetraceratops insignis, the oldest known Therapsid, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16 1, 95-102
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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