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Kannemeyeriidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	39022	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39022

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Kannemeyeriidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
-	Anomodontia	Owen 1859
-	Chainosauria
-	Dicynodontia
family	Kannemeyeriidae	Huene 1948

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Kannemeyeriidae	family	belongs to Dicynodontia	stated without evidence	Kemp, 1982
Kannemeyeriidae	family	belongs to Kannemeyeroidea	stated without evidence	Kalandadze and Sennikov, 1985
Kannemeyeriidae	family	belongs to Dicynodontia	stated without evidence	Dutuit, 1988
Kannemeyeriidae	family	belongs to Pristerodontia	implied	Carroll, 1988
Kannemeyeriidae	family	belongs to Pristerodontia	stated with evidence	Long and Murry, 1995
Kannemeyeriidae	family	belongs to Dicynodontia	stated without evidence	Tverdokhlebov et al., 2003
Kannemeyeriidae	family	belongs to Dicynodontia	stated with evidence	Li and Sun, 2008
Kannemeyeriidae	family	belongs to Dicynodontida	stated without evidence	Ivakhnenko, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

252 - 247 Ma
Phanerozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

228 - 209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Amniota)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Dicynodontia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Shansiodontinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Sinokannemeyeriinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	5	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Barysoma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Chanaria ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Jacheleria ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Parakannemeyeria ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	12	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Rechnisaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Shaanbeikannemeyeria ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Sinokannemeyeria ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	7	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Wadiasaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Xiyukannemeyeria ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1948	Kannemeyeriidae Huene
1982	Kannemeyeriidae Kemp p. 348
1985	Kannemeyeriidae Kalandadze and Sennikov p. 77
1988	Kannemeyeriidae Carroll
1988	Kannemeyeridae Dutuit p. 231
1995	Kannemeyeriidae Long and Murry p. 199
2003	Kannemeyeridae Tverdokhlebov et al.
2008	Kannemeyeriidae Ivakhnenko
2008	Kannemeyeriidae Li and Sun p. 396

References

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

Kemp T. S. (1982) , Mammal-like Reptiles and the Origin of Mammals, 1-363

Kalandadze N. N., Sennikov A. G. (1985) New reptiles from the Middle Triassic in the southern Ural forelands, Paleontological Journal 19 2, 73-80

Dutuit J.-M. (1988) Ostéologie crânienne et ses enseignements, apports géologique et paléoécologique, de Moghreberia nmachouensis, Dicynodonte (Reptilia, Therapsida) du Trias supérieur marocain [Cranial osteology and its implications, geological and paleoecological contributions, of Moghreberia nmachouensis, dicynodont (Reptilia, Therapsida) from the Moroccan Upper Triassic], Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4e série, section C 10 3, 227-285

Long R. A., Murry P. A. (1995) Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) tetrapods from the southwestern United States, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 4, 1-254

Tverdokhlebov V. P., Tverdokhlebova G. I., et al (2003) Tetrapod localities from the Triassic of the SE of European Russia, Earth-Science Reviews 60 1-2, 1-66

Ivakhnenko M. F. (2008) Podklass Theromorpha, Iskopaemye pozvonotchnye Rossii i sopredel'nykh stran: Iskopaemye reptilii i ptitsy, Tchast' 1 [Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries: Fossil reptiles and birds, Part 1], GEOS, Moscow, 101-183

Li J., Sun A. (2008) Subclass Synapsida, The Chinese Fossil Reptiles and Their Kin, 379-417

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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