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Koolasuchus cleelandi

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)251484https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=251484
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Chigutisauridae : Koolasuchus : Koolasuchus cleelandi
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
-TrematosauriaYates and Warren 2000
familyChigutisauridaeRusconi 1951
genusKoolasuchusWarren et al. 1997
speciesKoolasuchus cleelandiWarren et al. 1997
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Koolasuchus cleelandispeciesbelongs to Koolasuchusstated with evidenceWarren, 1997
Koolasuchus cleelandispeciesbelongs to Koolasuchusstated without evidenceKool, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Warren, T. M. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich. 1997. The last last labyrinthodont?. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 247:1-24

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1997Koolasuchus cleelandi Warren
1997Koolasuchus cleelandi Warren et al. p. 5 figs. 2, 4-6, 7C, Plates 1-3
2000Koolasuchus cleelandi Schoch and Milner p. 87
2000Koolasuchus cleelandi Warren and Marsicano p. 472
2002Koolasuchus cleelandi Kool p. 3

References

Warren A., Rich T. M., et al (1997) The last last labyrinthodont?, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 247, 1-24
Schoch R., Milner A. R. (2000) Stereospondyli, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie - Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 3B, 1-203
Warren A., Marsicano C. (2000) A phylogeny of the Brachyopoidea (Temnospondyli, Stereospondyli), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20, 462-483
Kool L. (2002) Field report, Dinosaur Draming: Flat Rocks Field Report 2002, 3-8
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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