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Quasicyclotosaurus

Description

Quasicyclotosaurus is an extinct genus of mastodonsauroid temnospondyl.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4815784https://www.gbif.org/species/4815784
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)165257https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=165257
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Quasicyclotosaurus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Cyclotosauridae : Quasicyclotosaurus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
-Temnospondyli
-EutemnospondyliSchoch 2013
-Rhachitomi
-EryopiformesSchoch 2013
-StereospondylomorphaYates and Warren 2000
-Stereospondyli
-CapitosauriaYates and Warren 2000
-Capitosauroidea
familyCyclotosauridaeShishkin 1964
genusQuasicyclotosaurusSchoch 2000
Scientific NameQuasicyclotosaurus Schoch, 2000
Name Published InNeues Jahrb Geol Palaeontol Abh 216 (3), Juni
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Quasicyclotosaurusgenusbelongs to Cyclotosauridaestated without evidenceSchoch, 2000
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. R. Schoch. 2000. The status and osteology of two new cyclotosaurid amphibians from the Upper Moenkopi Formation of Arizona (Amphibia: Temnospondyli; Middle Triassic). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 216(3):387-411
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasicyclotosaurus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Quasicyclotosaurus campi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2000Quasicyclotosaurus Schoch p. 392 figs. 6-7

References

Schoch R. R. (2000) The status and osteology of two new cyclotosaurid amphibians from the Upper Moenkopi Formation of Arizona (Amphibia: Temnospondyli; Middle Triassic), Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 216 3, 387-411
Neues Jahrb Geol Palaeontol Abh 216 (3), Juni - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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