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Kuehneosauridae ✝

Description

Kuehneosauridae is an extinct family of small, lizard-like gliding diapsids known from the Triassic period of Europe and North America. They are often, but not always, placed in the group Lepidosauromorpha.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuehneosauridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4820555https://www.gbif.org/species/4820555
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37838https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37838
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Kuehneosauridae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Kuehneosauridae
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
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Lepidosauromorpha
-LepidosauriformesGauthier et al. 1988
familyKuehneosauridaeRomer 1966
Scientific NameKuehneosauridae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Kuehneosauridaefamilybelongs to Prolacertiliastated with evidenceKuhn, 1966
Kuehneosauridaefamilybelongs to Eolacertiliastated without evidenceRobinson, 1967
Kuehneosauridaefamilybelongs to Eolacertiliastated with evidenceEstes, 1983
Kuehneosauridaefamilybelongs to Neodiapsidastated with evidenceBenton, 1985
Kuehneosauridaefamilybelongs to EolacertiliaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Kuehneosauridaefamilybelongs to Lepidosauromorphastated without evidenceGauthier et al., 1989
Kuehneosauridaefamilybelongs to Lepidosauriformesstated with evidenceEvans, 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)11
First Recorded Appearance251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. S. Romer. 1966. Vertebrate Paleontology, 3rd edition
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuehneosauridae

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Icarosaurus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic		228 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Kuehneosaurus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		11216 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic		209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Kuehneosuchus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic		209 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Pamelina ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic		251 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
Perparvus ✝
genus		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Rhabdopelix ✝
genus		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1966Kuehneosauridae Kuhn p. 44
1966Kuehneosauridae Romer p. 366
1967Kuehneosauridae Robinson p. 172
1975Kuehneosauridae Seiffert p. 10
1983Kuehneosauridae Estes
1985Kuehneosauridae Benton p. 154
1988Kuehneosauridae Carroll
1989Kuehneosauridae Gauthier et al. p. 344
2009Kuehneosauridae Evans

References

Romer A. S. (1966) , Vertebrate Paleontology, 3rd edition, 1-468
Kuhn O. W. M. (1966) , Die Reptilien. System und Stammesgeschichte [The Reptiles. Systematics and Phylogeny.], 1-154
Robinson P. L. (1967) Triassic vertebrates from lowland and upland, Science and Culture 33 4, 169-173
Seiffert J. (1975) Upper Jurassic lizards from central Portugal, Contribuição para o conhecimento da Fauna do Kimerridgiano da Mina de Lignito Guimarota (Leiria, Portugal). Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, Memória (Nova Série) 22, 7-85
Estes R. (1983) Sauria terrestria, Amphisbaenia, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 10A, 1-249
Benton M. J. (1985) Classification and phylogeny of the diapsid reptiles, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 84 2, 97-164
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
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
Evans S. E. (2009) An early kuehneosaurid reptile (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Early Triassic of Poland, Palaeontologia Polonica 65, 145-178
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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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