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Aenigmastropheus

Description

Aenigmastropheus is an extinct genus of early archosauromorph reptiles known from the middle Late Permian Usili Formation of Songea District, southern Tanzania. It contains a single species, Aenigmastropheus parringtoni, known solely from UMZC T836, a partial postcranial skeleton of a mature individual. It was collected in 1933, and first described in 1956, as a "problematic reptile" due to its unique morphology. Therefore, a binomial name was erected for this specimen in 2014. Aenigmastropheus was probably fully terrestrial.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8648375https://www.gbif.org/species/8648375
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)323652https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=323652
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Protorosauridae : Aenigmastropheus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Aenigmastropheus
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
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
genusAenigmastropheusEzcurra Scheyer & Butler 2014
Scientific NameAenigmastropheus Ezcurra, Scheyer & Butler, 2014
Name Published InEzcurra, Martin D., Torsten M. Scheyer & Richard J. Butler. 2014. The origin and early evolution of Sauria: reassessing the Permian saurian fossil record and the timing of the crocodile-lizard divergence. Public Library of Science, ONE 9(5): e97828.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aenigmastropheusgenusbelongs to Protorosauridaestated with evidenceEzcurra et al., 2014
Aenigmastropheusgenusbelongs to Archosauromorphastated with evidenceEzcurra, 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance260 - 254 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance260 - 254 Ma
Permian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. D. Ezcurra, T. M. Scheyer, and R. J. Butler. 2014. The origin and early evolution of Sauria: reassessing the Permian saurian fossil record and the timing of the crocodile-lizard divergence. PLoS ONE 9(2):e89165
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aenigmastropheus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aenigmastropheus parringtoni
species
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1260 Ma
Permian
260 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2014Aenigmastropheus Ezcurra et al.
2016Aenigmastropheus Ezcurra

References

Ezcurra M. D., Scheyer T. M., et al (2014) The origin and early evolution of Sauria: reassessing the Permian saurian fossil record and the timing of the crocodile-lizard divergence, PLoS ONE 9 2, e89165
Ezcurra M. D. (2016) The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms, PeerJ 4, e1778
Article title: The origin and early evolution of Sauria: reassessing the Permian Saurian fossil record and the timing of the crocodile-lizard divergence. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title)/web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Mar 2015) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
PLoS ONE 9(2): -. [e89165, 1-36] - 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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