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Theriognathus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)39149https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39149
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Whaitsiidae : Theriognathus
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
-Eutherapsida
orderTherocephaliaBroom 1903
-EutherocephaliaHopson and Barghusen 1986
superfamilyWhaitsioideaHaughton 1918
familyWhaitsiidaeHaughton 1918
genusTheriognathusOwen 1876
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Theriognathusgenusbelongs to Whaitsiidaestated with evidenceBrink, 1954
Theriognathusgenusbelongs to WhaitsiidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Theriognathusgenusbelongs to Whaitsiidaestated with evidenceHuttenlocker and Abdala, 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance260 - 254 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Therocephalia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Theriognathus microps
species
listed (PBDB)54260 Ma
Permian
247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1876Theriognathus Owen
1918Whaitsia Haughton
1920Alopecopsis Broom p. 56
1925Notosollasia Broom
1935Hyenosaurus Broom
1936Moschorhynchus Broom
1936Notaelurops Broom
1949Aneugomphius Broom and Robinson
1954Alopecopsis Brink
1954Aneugomphius Brink
YearName and Author
1954Hyenosaurus Brink
1954Moschorhynchus Brink
1954Notaelurops Brink
1954Notosollasia Brink
1954Theriognathus Brink
1954Whaitsia Brink
1988Theriognathus Carroll
2015Theriognathus Huttenlocker and Abdala
2017Theriognathus Huttenlocker and Smith

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Brink A. S. (1954) On the Whatsiidae, a family of therocephalian mammal-like reptiles, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 34 1, 43-59
Huttenlocker A. K., Abdala F. (2015) Revision of the first therocephalian, Theriognathus Owen (Therapsida:\r\nWhaitsiidae), and implications for cranial ontogeny and allometry in\r\nnonmammaliaform eutheriodonts, Journal of Paleontology 89 4, 645-664 doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.32
Huttenlocker A. K., Smith R. M. H. (2017) New whaitsioids (Therapsida: Therocephalia) from the Teekloof Formation of South Africa and therocephalian diversity during the end Guadalupian extinction, PeerJ 5, e3868
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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