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Pachygenelus

Description

Pachygenelus is an extinct genus of tritheledontid cynodonts. Fossils have been found from the Karoo basin in South Africa and date back to the Early Jurassic.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4575078https://www.gbif.org/species/4575078
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)39233https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39233
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Tritheledontidae : Pachygenelus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Pachygenelus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
-BrasilodontiaBonaparte 2012
genusPachygenelusWatson 1913
Scientific NamePachygenelus Watson, 1913
Name Published InGeol. Mag., (5) 10
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pachygenelusgenusbelongs to Cynodontiastated with evidenceWatson, 1913
Pachygenelusgenusbelongs to Theriodontiastated without evidenceHaughton, 1924
Pachygenelusgenusbelongs to Tritheledontidaestated without evidenceChatterjee, 1983
Pachygenelusgenusbelongs to TritheledontidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Pachygenelusgenusbelongs to Tritheledontidaestated with evidenceShubin et al., 1994
Pachygenelusgenusbelongs to Brasilodontiastated with evidenceBonaparte, 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance201 - 197 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance201 - 191 Ma
Early Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. M. S. Watson. 1913. On a new cynodont from the Stormberg. Geological Magazine, new series, decade 5 10(4):145-148
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachygenelus

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Pachygenelus monus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4201 Ma
Early Jurassic
201 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1913Pachygenelus Watson p. 147
1924Pachygenelus Haughton
1983Pachygenelus Chatterjee
1988Pachygenelus Carroll
1994Pachygenelus Shubin et al.
2012Pachygenelus Bonaparte

References

Watson D. M. S. (1913) On a new cynodont from the Stormberg, Geological Magazine, new series, decade 5 10 4, 145-148
Haughton S. H. (1924) The fauna and stratigraphy of the Stormberg Series, Annals of the South African Museum 12, 323-497
Chatterjee S. (1983) An ictidosaur fossil from North America, Science 220, 1151-1153
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Shubin N. H., Olsen P. E., et al (1994) Early Jurassic small tetrapods from the McCoy Brook Formation of Nova Scotia, Canada, In N. C. Fraser & H.-D. Sues (eds.), In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 242-250
Bonaparte J. F. (2012) Evolution of the Brasilodontidae (Cynodontia-Eucynodontia), Historical Biology, 1-11 doi::10.1080/08912963.2012.731154
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Geol. Mag., (5) 10 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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