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Jonkeria

Description

Jonkeria is an extinct genus of dinocephalians. Species were very large and omnivorous (although there is some dispute to this, e.g. Colbert 1969 p. 136), from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone, Lower Beaufort Group, of the South African Karroo.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4822341https://www.gbif.org/species/4822341
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)38975https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38975
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Titanosuchidae : Jonkeria
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Gorgodontia : Titanosuchidae : Jonkeria
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
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassTheromorpha
-Eotherapsida
superorderDinomorphaIvakhnenko 2003
orderGorgodontiaIvakhnenko 2003
suborderDinocephaliaSeeley 1894
infraorderTitanosuchida
superfamilyTitanosuchoideaBroom 1903
familyTitanosuchidaeBroom 1903
genusJonkeriavan Hoepen 1916
Scientific NameJonkeria van Hoepen, 1916
Name Published InAnn. Transvaal Mus., 5, No. 3, Suppl., no. 3
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Jonkeriagenusbelongs to Titanosuchidaestated with evidenceBoonstra, 1969
Jonkeriagenusbelongs to TitanosuchidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Jonkeriagenusbelongs to Titanosuchinaestated without evidenceKing, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)9
First Recorded Appearance290 - 279 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance260 - 254 Ma
Permian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonkeria

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Dinophoneus ingens
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1260 Ma
Permian
260 Ma
Permian
Jonkeria boonstrai
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Jonkeria haughtoni
species
listed (PBDB)3265 Ma
Permian
265 Ma
Permian
Jonkeria ingens
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3290 Ma
Permian
260 Ma
Permian
Jonkeria koupensis
species
listed (PBDB)2265 Ma
Permian
265 Ma
Permian
Jonkeria parva
species
listed (PBDB)1265 Ma
Permian
265 Ma
Permian
Jonkeria pugnax
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Jonkeria rossouwi
species
listed (PBDB)
Jonkeria truculenta
species
listed (PBDB)2265 Ma
Permian
265 Ma
Permian
Jonkeria vanderbyli
species
listed (PBDB)1265 Ma
Permian
265 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1916Jonkeria Hoepen
1923Dinophoneus Broom
1929Dinosphageus Broom
1929Phoneosuchus Broom
1936Dinopolus Broom
1936Dinopolus atrox Broom
1969Jonkeria Boonstra
1988Jonkeria Carroll
1988Jonkeria King

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Broom R. (1923) On the Structure of the Skull in the Carnivorous Dinocephalian Reptiles, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 93 4 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1923.tb02203.x
Boonstra L. D. (1969) The fauna of the Tapinocephalus Zone (Beaufort Beds of the Karoo), Annals of the South African Museum 56 1, 1-73
King G. M. (1988) Anomodontia, Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology, 1-174
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
Ann. Transvaal Mus., 5, No. 3, Suppl., no. 3 - 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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