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Collettosaurus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4816304https://www.gbif.org/species/4816304
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)54509https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54509
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Collettosaurus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Collettosaurus
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
genusCollettosaurusCox 1874
Scientific NameCollettosaurus Cox, 1874
Name Published InAnn. Rep. Geol. Surv. Indiana, 5, 247 (also as Collettosarus).
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Collettosaurusgenusbelongs to Tetrapodastated without evidenceBranson and Mehl, 1932
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl. 1932. Footprints records from the Paleozoic and Mesozoic of Missouri, Kansas, and Wyoming. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 43:383-398

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Collettosaurus indianaensis ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Collettosaurus pentadactylus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1874Collettosaurus Cox p. 247
1891Notamphibia Butts
1891Notalacerta Butts p. 18
1932Collettosaurus Branson and Mehl
2005Notalacerta Haubold et al. p. 96

References

Branson E. B., Mehl M. G. (1932) Footprints records from the Paleozoic and Mesozoic of Missouri, Kansas, and Wyoming, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 43, 383-398
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
Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Indiana, 5, 247 (also as Collettosarus). - 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
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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