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Oestocephalus ✝

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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	230697	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=230697

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Aistopoda : Oestocephalidae : Oestocephalus

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
-	Amphibia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Lepospondyli
suborder	Aistopoda	Miall 1875
family	Oestocephalidae	Anderson 2003
genus	Oestocephalus	Cope 1868

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Oestocephalus	genus	belongs to Microsauria	stated with evidence	Cope, 1869
Oestocephalus	genus	belongs to Ptyoniidae	stated with evidence	Cope, 1875
Oestocephalus	genus	belongs to Ptyoniidae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Oestocephalus	genus	belongs to Ophiderpetontidae	stated with evidence	Milner, 1994
Oestocephalus	genus	belongs to Ophiderpetontidae	stated without evidence	Carroll et al., 1998
Oestocephalus	genus	belongs to Oestocephalidae	stated with evidence	Anderson, 2003
Oestocephalus	genus	belongs to Aistopoda	stated without evidence	Maddin et al., 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

323 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

305 - 303 Ma
Carboniferous

Environment

brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Reproduction

dispersal=water (based on Amphibia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. D. Cope. 1868. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia of North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868:208-221

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Oestocephalus amphiuminum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Oestocephalus granulosum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Oestocephalus nanum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	323 Ma Carboniferous	323 Ma Carboniferous
Oestocephalus pectinatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Oestocephalus rectidens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Oestocephalus vicinum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	305 Ma Carboniferous	305 Ma Carboniferous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1868	Oestocephalus Cope
1869	Oestocephalus Cope p. 16
1875	Oestocephalus Cope p. 11
1902	Oestocephalus Hay p. 414
1994	Oestocephalus Milner
1998	Oestocephalus Carroll et al. p. 180
2003	Oestocephalus Anderson
2012	Oestocephalus Maddin et al.

References

Cope E. D. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia of North America, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868, 208-221

Cope E. D. , Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part I. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14, 1-104

Cope E. D. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1, 1-109

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

Milner A. C. (1994) The aïstopod amphibian from the Viséan of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 84, 363-368 doi:10.1017/S0263593300006167

Carroll R. L., Bossy K. A., et al (1998) Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 1 / Part 1 Lepospondyli: Microsauria, Nectridea, Lysorophia, Adelospondyli, Aistopoda, Acherontiscidae, 1-216

Anderson J. S. (2003) Cranial anatomy of Coloraderpeton brilli, postcranial anatomy of Oestocephalus amphiuminus, and reconsideration of Ophiderpetontidae (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli: Aistopoda), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 3, 532-543

Maddin H. C., Jenkins Jr F. A., et al (2012) The Braincase of Eocaecilia micropodia (Lissamphibia, Gymnophiona) and the Origin of Caecilians, PLoS One 7 12, e50743 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050743

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