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Aspidosaurus chiton ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9320444	https://www.gbif.org/species/9320444
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	345458	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=345458

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Dissorophidae : Aspidosaurus : Aspidosaurus chiton

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Dissorophidae : Aspidosaurus : Aspidosaurus chiton

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
-	Temnospondyli
-	Eutemnospondyli	Schoch 2013
-	Rhachitomi
-	Dissorophoidea
-	Xerodromes	Schoch and Milner 2014
-	Olsoniformes	Anderson et al. 2008
family	Dissorophidae	Boulenger 1902
subfamily	Aspidosaurinae
genus	Aspidosaurus	Broili 1904
species	Aspidosaurus chiton	Broili 1904

Generic Name

Aspidosaurus

Scientific Name

Aspidosaurus chiton Broili, 1904

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aspidosaurus chiton	species	belongs to Aspidosaurus	stated with evidence	Broili, 1904

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

279 - 272 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

279 - 272 Ma
Permian

Environment

brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)

Diet

carnivore (based on Olsoniformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner. 2014. Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I.

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1904	Aspidosaurus chiton Broili
2014	Aspidosaurus chiton Schoch and Milner p. 81

References

Schoch R. R., Milner A. R. (2014) Handbook of Paleoherpetology Part 3A2 Temnospondyli I

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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