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Cochleosauridae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)36999https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36999
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Cochleosauridae
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
superfamilyEdopoideaRomer 1945
familyCochleosauridaeBroili 1923
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cochleosauridaefamilybelongs to Rhachitomistated with evidenceKuhn, 1946
Cochleosauridaefamilybelongs to EdopoideaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Cochleosauridaefamilybelongs to Edopoideastated with evidenceSequeira, 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)13
First Recorded Appearance318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance254 - 252 Ma
Permian
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cochleosaurinae ✝
subfamily		listed (PBDB)
Adamanterpeton ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)1311 Ma
Carboniferous		311 Ma
Carboniferous
Chenoprosopus ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)8303 Ma
Carboniferous		296 Ma
Permian
Cochleosaurus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		6315 Ma
Carboniferous		311 Ma
Carboniferous
Nigerpeton ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)2254 Ma
Permian		254 Ma
Permian
Procochleosaurus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1318 Ma
Carboniferous		318 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1889Nyraniidae Lydekker
1923Cochleosauridae Broili
1946Cochleosauridae Kuhn p. 52
1953Chenoprosopidae Langston
1988Cochleosauridae Carroll
2004Cochleosauridae Sequeira p. 37
2005Cochleosauridae Sidor et al. p. 888
2013Cochleosauridae Schoch
2014Cochleosauridae Schoch and Milner p. 20

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Kuhn O. (1946) Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien [The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles], Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg 29, 49-67
Sequeira S. E. K. (2004) The skull of Cochleosaurus bohemicus Fric, a temnospondyl from the Czech Republic (Upper Carboniferous) and cochleosaurid interrelationships, Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 94, 21-43
Sidor C. A., O'Keefe F. R., et al (2005) Permian tetrapods from the Sahara show climate-controlled endemism in Pangaea, Nature 434, 886-889
Schoch R. R. (2013) The evolution of major temnospondyl clades: an inclusive phylogenetic analysis, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.699006
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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