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Haptodus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)38905https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38905
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Haptodus
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
-HaptodontiformesSpindler 2015
genusHaptodusGaudry 1886
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Haptodusgenusbelongs to Haptodontinaestated with evidenceRomer and Price, 1940
Haptodusgenusbelongs to Haptodontinaestated without evidenceCurrie, 1977
Haptodusgenusbelongs to Haptodontinaestated with evidenceReisz, 1986
Haptodusgenusbelongs to SphenacodontidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Haptodusgenusbelongs to Synapsidastated without evidenceGauthier et al., 1989
Haptodusgenusbelongs to Eupelycosauriastated with evidenceLaurin, 1993
Haptodusgenusbelongs to Haptodontinaestated without evidenceHaubold et al., 2005
Haptodusgenusbelongs to Haptodontiformesstated with evidenceSpindler et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance306 - 303 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance290 - 279 Ma
Permian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Haptodus baylei ✝
species		listed (PBDB)3299 Ma
Carboniferous		290 Ma
Permian
Haptodus garnettensis ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1306 Ma
Carboniferous		306 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1886Haptodus Gaudry
1940Haptodus Romer and Price pp. 19, 297
1977Haptodus Currie p. 929
1986Haptodus Reisz p. 74
1988Haptodus Carroll
1989Haptodus Gauthier et al. p. 341
1993Haptodus Laurin p. 200
2005Haptodus Haubold et al. p. 78
2015Haptodus Spindler et al.

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Romer A. S., Price L. I. (1940) Review of the Pelycosauria, Geological Society of America Special Paper 28, 1-538
Currie P. (1977) A New Haptodontine Sphenacodont (Reptilia: Pelycosauria) from the Upper Pennsylvanian of North America, Journal of Paleontology 51 5, 927-942
Reisz R. R. (1986) Pelycosauria, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 17A, 1-102
Gauthier J. A., Cannatella D., et al (1989) Tetrapod phylogeny, In B. Fernholm, K. Bremer, & H. Jörnvall (eds.), The Hierarchy of Life. Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., Amsterdam, 337-353
Laurin M. W. (1993) Anatomy and Relationships of Haptodus garnettensis, a Pennsylvanian Synapsid from Kansas, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13 2, 200-229
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
Spindler F., Scott D., et al (2015) New information on the cranial and postcranial anatomy of the early synapsid Ianthodon schultzei (Sphenacomorpha: Sphenacodontia), and its evolutionary significance, Fossil Record 18, 17-30 doi:10.5194/fr-18-17-2015
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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