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Gerrothorax

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37170https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37170
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Temnospondyli : Plagiosauridae : Gerrothorax
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
familyPlagiosauridaeAbel 1919
subfamilyPlagiosaurinaeAbel 1919
genusGerrothoraxNilsson 1934
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Gerrothoraxgenusbelongs to Plagiosauridaestated with evidenceKuhn, 1971
Gerrothoraxgenusbelongs to PlagiosauridaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Gerrothoraxgenusbelongs to Plagiosaurinaestated with evidenceJenkins et al., 2008
Gerrothoraxgenusbelongs to Plagiosauridaestated with evidenceSchoch, 2013
Gerrothoraxgenusbelongs to Plagiosaurinaestated with evidenceSchoch and Milner, 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance247 - 237 Ma
Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic
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
Gerrothorax pulcherrimus
species
listed (PBDB)11247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1934Gerrothorax Nilsson
1971Gerrothorax Kuhn p. 8
1988Gerrothorax Carroll
2008Gerrothorax Jenkins et al.
2013Gerrothorax Schoch
2014Gerrothorax Schoch and Milner p. 105

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Kuhn O. (1971) , Die Saurier der deutschen Trias [Reptiles of the German Triassic], 1-105
Jenkins F. A., Shubin N. H., et al (2008) Gerrothorax pulcherrimus from the Upper Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of East Greenland and a reassessment of head lifting in temnospondyl feeding, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 4, 935-950
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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