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Archaeothyris

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)38885https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38885
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Ophiacodontidae : Archaeothyris
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
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
suborderEupelycosauriaKemp 1982
familyOphiacodontidaeNopsca 1923
genusArchaeothyrisReisz 1972
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Archaeothyrisgenusbelongs to Ophiacodontidaestated with evidenceReisz, 1972
Archaeothyrisgenusbelongs to Ophiacodontidaestated without evidenceReisz, 1986
Archaeothyrisgenusbelongs to OphiacodontidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Archaeothyrisgenusbelongs to Ophiacodontidaestated without evidenceHaubold et al., 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance315 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance311 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. R. Reisz. 1972. Pelycosaurian Reptiles from the Middle Pennsylvanian of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144(2):27-60

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Archaeothyris florensis
species
listed (PBDB)1315 Ma
Carboniferous
315 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1972Archaeothyris Reisz p. 30
1986Archaeothyris Reisz
1988Archaeothyris Carroll
2005Archaeothyris Haubold et al. p. 78

References

Reisz R. R. (1972) Pelycosaurian Reptiles from the Middle Pennsylvanian of North America, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 144 2, 27-60
Reisz R. R. (1986) Pelycosauria, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 17A, 1-102
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Haubold H., Allen A., et al (2005) Interpretation of the tetrapod footprints from the early Pennsylvanian of Alabama, Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama, 75-111
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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