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Ericiolacertidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)39156https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39156
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Therocephalia : Ericiolacertidae
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
suborderScaloposauridaHaughton 1924
superfamilyScaloposauroideaHaughton 1924
familyEriciolacertidaeWatson and Romer 1956
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ericiolacertidaefamilybelongs to Therocephaliastated without evidenceKemp, 1982
Ericiolacertidaefamilybelongs to TherocephaliaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Ericiolacertidaefamilybelongs to Scaloposauroideastated with evidenceIvakhnenko, 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance252 - 247 Ma
Phanerozoic
Last Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower 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
Ericiolacerta
genus
listed (PBDB)3252 Ma
Permian
252 Ma
Permian
Silphedosuchus
genus
listed (PBDB)1251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1956Ericiolacertidae Watson and Romer
1982Ericiolacertidae Kemp p. 349
1988Ericiolacertidae Carroll
2011Ericiolacertidae Ivakhnenko

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
Ivakhnenko M. F. (2011) Permian and Triassic therocephals (Eutherapsida) of Eastern Europe, Paleontological Journal 45 9, 981-1144
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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