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Cincosaurus jonesii ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4968532	https://www.gbif.org/species/4968532
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	125108	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=125108

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Cincosaurus : Cincosaurus jonesii

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Cincosaurus : Cincosaurus jonesii

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
genus	Cincosaurus	Aldrich and Jones 1930
species	Cincosaurus jonesii	Aldrich & Jones 1930

Generic Name

Cincosaurus

Scientific Name

Cincosaurus jonesii Aldrich & Jones, 1930

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cincosaurus jonesii	species	belongs to Cincosaurus	stated with evidence	Aldrich and Jones, 1930
Cincosaurus jonesii	species	subjective synonym of Cincosaurus cobbi	stated without evidence	Thurmond and Jones, 1981

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

318 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

318 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Amniota)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. H. Aldrich and W. B. Jones. 1930. Footprints from the coal measures of Alabama. Alabama Museum of Natural History Museum Paper 9:1-64

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1930	Cincosaurus jonesii Aldrich and Jones p. 28 figs. Plates 10-11

References

Aldrich T. H., Jones W. B. (1930) Footprints from the coal measures of Alabama, Alabama Museum of Natural History Museum Paper 9, 1-64

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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