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Tetrapoda

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	53190	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53190

Rank

unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Tetrapoda

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

Common Name

tetrapod

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Tetrapoda	unranked clade	belongs to Vertebrata	stated without evidence	Jaekel, 1911
Tetrapoda	unranked clade	belongs to Choanata	stated with evidence	Gardiner, 1982
Tetrapoda	unranked clade	belongs to Tetrapodomorpha	stated with evidence	Ahlberg, 1991
Tetrapoda	unranked clade	belongs to Stegocephali	stated with evidence	Laurin et al., 2000
Tetrapoda	unranked clade	belongs to Dipnotetrapodomorpha	stated without evidence	Long, 2011
Tetrapoda	unranked clade	belongs to Tetrapodomorpha	stated with evidence	Clack et al., 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

46,393

Extant Size (PBDB)

9,661 (21%)

First Recorded Appearance

372 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Environment

brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

O. Jaekel. 1911. Die Wirbeltiere. Eine Übersicht über die Fossilen und Lebenden Formen [The Vertebrates. An Overview of the Fossil and Living Forms]

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hemispondyla ✝ class	listed (PBDB)
Miosauria ✝ class	listed (PBDB)
Chroniosuchia ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)	63	272 Ma Permian	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Baphetoidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)	32	347 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Caerorhachidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	1	326 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Colosteidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	16	347 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Crassigyrinidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	5	336 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Whatcheeriidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	4	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	339 Ma Carboniferous
Allopus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Antlerpeton ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	347 Ma Carboniferous	347 Ma Carboniferous
Aytonerpeton ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Casineria ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Characichnos ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	4	260 Ma Permian	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Collettosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Crucipes ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Diploradus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Dipodiscus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	199 Ma Early Jurassic	199 Ma Early Jurassic
Doragnathus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	5	347 Ma Carboniferous	326 Ma Carboniferous
Eldeceeon ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	347 Ma Carboniferous	347 Ma Carboniferous
Erpetopus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	3	279 Ma Permian
Janusichnus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Kirktonecta ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	347 Ma Carboniferous	347 Ma Carboniferous
Koilops ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Laoporus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	299 Ma Carboniferous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lunaepes ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Merifontichnus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Mesanerpeton ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Microsauropus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Ossirarus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Paleosauropus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Parmastega ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Perittodus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Reniformichnus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	4	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Sigournea ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Silvanerpeton ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Solenodonsaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Steganoposaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	323 Ma Carboniferous	323 Ma Carboniferous
Tambachichnium ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	290 Ma Permian
Tantallognathus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Theriodesmus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Typopus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	4	237 Ma Middle Triassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Westlothiana ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Amphibia class	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	467	343 Ma Carboniferous	0 Ma Extant
Reptiliomorpha unranked clade	listed (PBDB)	176,586	326 Ma Carboniferous	0 Ma Extant
Temnospondyli unranked clade	listed (PBDB)	5,268	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1870	Nothosaurops occiduus Leidy p. 74
1873	Nothosaurus occiduus Leidy p. 287
1884	Polyptychodon mackesoni Owen pp. I, vii figs. pls 27-28
1902	Nothosaurops occiduus Hay p. 457
1903	Nothosaurops occiduus Williston p. 10
1911	Tetrapoda Jaekel p. 15
1930	Plesiosaurus vaccinsulensis Hay
1930	Solidopus Moodie
1930	Solidopus perissodactylus Moodie
1943	Namuncurania malarguense Rusconi p. 2 fig. 1
1952	Limnosceloides Romer pp. 88-92 figs. 10-12
1952	Limnosceloides dunkardensis Romer pp. 88-92 figs. 10-12
1954	Agadirichnus Ambroggi and Lapparent p. 44
1954	Agadirichnus elegans Ambroggi and Lapparent p. 55 fig. 6
1966	Limnosceloides Langston p. 691

Year	Name and Author
1966	Limnosceloides brachycoles Langston p. 691 figs. 1-3
1967	Romeriscus Baird and Carroll p. 57 figs. 1, 2B
1967	Romeriscus periallus Baird and Carroll p. 57 figs. 1, 2B
1974	Austrobrachyops Colbert and Cosgriff
1974	Austrobrachyops jenseni Colbert and Cosgriff p. 5 figs. 1, 4, 5, 8, 12
1979	Wangwusaurus Young
1979	Wangwusaurus tayuensis Young
1982	Tetrapoda Gardiner p. 228
1988	Austrobrachyops Carroll
1988	Limnosceloides Carroll
1988	Romeriscus Carroll
1991	Tetrapoda Ahlberg p. 280
2000	Tetrapoda Laurin et al. p. 119 fig. 2b
2011	Tetrapoda Long p. 244
2012	Tetrapoda Clack et al. p. 74

References

Jaekel O. (1911) , Die Wirbeltiere. Eine Übersicht über die Fossilen und Lebenden Formen [The Vertebrates. An Overview of the Fossil and Living Forms], viii-252

Leidy J. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1, 1-358

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Williston S. W. (1903) North American plesiosaurs, part 1, Geological Series Field Museum of Natural History 3 1, 1-77

Rusconi C. (1943) Presencia de un plesiosaurio en Mendoza [Presence of a plesiosaur in Mendoza], Boletin Paleontológico de Buenos Aires 15, 1-4

Romer A. S. (1952) Late Pennsylvanian and Early Permian Vertebrates of the Pittsburgh-West Virginia Region, Annals of Carnegie Museum 33, 47-113

Ambroggi R., Lapparent A. F. d. (1954) Les empreintes de pas fossiles du Maestrichtien d'Agadir [The fossil footprints from the Maastrichtian of Agadir], Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique du Maroc 124, 44-57

Langston W. (1966) Limnosceloides brachycoles (reptilia: Captorhinomorpha), a new species From the Lower Permian of New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 40 3, 690-695

Baird D., Carroll R. L. (1967) Romeriscus, the Oldest known Reptile, Science 157, 56-59

Colbert E. H., Cosgriff J. W. (1974) Labyrinthodont amphibians from Antarctica, American Museum Novitates 2552, 1-30

Young C. C. (1979) A Late Permian fauna from Jiyuan, Henan, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17 2, 99-113

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

Ahlberg P. E. (1991) A re-examination of sarcopterygian interrelationships, with special reference to the Porolepiformes, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 103 3, 241-287 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1991.tb00905.x

Laurin M., Girondot M., et al (2000) Early tetrapod evolution, Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15 3, 118-123

Long J. A. (2011) , The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution (Second Edition), 1-287

Clack J. A., Ahlberg P. E., et al (2012) A new genus of Devonian tetrapod from North-East Greenland, with new information on the lower jaw of Ichthyostega, Palaeontology 55 1, 73-86 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01117.x

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