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Nitosaurus

Description
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)38928https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38928
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Pelycosauria : Nitosaurus
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
orderPelycosauriaCope 1878
genusNitosaurusRomer 1937
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Nitosaurusgenusbelongs to Pelycosauriastated without evidenceReisz, 1986
Nitosaurusgenusbelongs to PelycosauriaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance303 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance303 - 299 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. S. Romer. 1937. New genera and species of pelycosaurian reptiles. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 16:89-95
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitosaurus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Nitosaurus jacksonorum
species
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1303 Ma
Carboniferous
303 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1937Nitosaurus Romer p. 93
1986Nitosaurus Reisz
1988Nitosaurus Carroll

References

Romer A. S. (1937) New genera and species of pelycosaurian reptiles, Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 16, 89-95
Reisz R. R. (1986) Pelycosauria, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 17A, 1-102
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
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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