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Labyrinthodontia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	36960	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36960

Rank

superorder (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Labyrinthodontia

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
subclass	Apsidospondyli	Romer 1947
order	Labyrinthodontia

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Labyrinthodontia	order	belongs to Reptilia	stated without evidence	Owen, 1861
Labyrinthodontia	suborder	belongs to Stegocephali	stated with evidence	Cope, 1875
Labyrinthodontia	order	belongs to Amphibia	stated with evidence	Lydekker, 1889
Labyrinthodontia	suborder	subjective synonym of Apoecospondyli	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Labyrinthodontia	unranked clade	belongs to Batrachomorpha	stated without evidence	Säve-Söderbergh, 1934
Labyrinthodontia	order	subjective synonym of Temnospondyli	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1946
Labyrinthodontia	superorder	belongs to Apsidospondyli	stated with evidence	Romer, 1947
Labyrinthodontia	subclass	belongs to Amphibia	implied	Carroll, 1967
Labyrinthodontia	subclass	belongs to Amphibia	stated without evidence	Daly, 1973
Labyrinthodontia	subclass	belongs to Amphibia	implied	Carroll, 1988
Labyrinthodontia	subclass	belongs to Amphibia	stated without evidence	Murry, 1989

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

296 - 290 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

105 - 100 Ma
Cretaceous

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. Daly. 1973. A Lower Permian vertebrate fauna from southern Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 47(3):562-589

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Chalcosaurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	268 Ma Permian	268 Ma Permian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1860	Labyrinthodontia Owen
1861	Labyrinthodontia Owen p. 206
1875	Labyrinthodontia Cope p. 10
1889	Labyrinthodontia Lydekker p. 1021
1934	Labyrinthodontia Säve-Söderbergh p. 17
1947	Labyrinthodontia Romer p. 310
1967	Labyrinthodontia Carroll p. 113
1973	Labyrinthodontia Daly p. 568
1988	Labyrinthodontia Carroll
1989	Labyrinthodontia Murry p. 271

References

Daly E. (1973) A Lower Permian vertebrate fauna from southern Oklahoma, Journal of Paleontology 47 3, 562-589

Owen R. , Palaeontology, or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and their Geological Relations. Second Edition. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1-463

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

Lydekker R. Part III - Palaeozoology. Vertebrata, Manual of palaeontology for the use of students with a general introduction on the principles of palaeontology. Volume II. 3rd edn. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 600 p.

Säve-Söderbergh G. (1934) Some points of view concerning the evolution of the Vertebrates and the classification of this group, Arkiv för Zoologi 26A 17, 1-20

Romer A. S. (1947) Review of the Labyrinthodontia, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 99 1, 1-368

Carroll R. L. (1967) Labyrinthodonts from the Joggins Formation, Journal of Paleontology 41 1, 111-142

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Murry P. A. (1989) Microvertebrate fossils from the Petrified Forest and Owl Rock Members (Chinle Formation) in Petrified Forest National Park and vicinity, Arizona, Dawn of the Age of Dinosaurs in the American Southwest, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, 249-277

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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