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Mycterosaurus smithae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4975455https://www.gbif.org/species/4975455
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)345992https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=345992
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eothyrididae : Vaughnictis : Mycterosaurus smithae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Cotylosauria : Eothyrididae : Vaughnictis : Mycterosaurus smithae
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
-Caseasauria
familyEothyrididaeRomer and Price 1940
genusVaughnictisBrocklehurst et al. 2016
speciesMycterosaurus smithaeLewis & Vaughn 1965
Generic NameMycterosaurus
Scientific NameMycterosaurus smithae (Lewis & Vaughn, 1965)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Vaughnictis smithaespeciesbelongs to Mycterosaurusstated with evidenceLewis and Vaughn, 1965
Vaughnictis smithaespeciesbelongs to Mycterosaurusstated without evidenceReisz, 1986
Vaughnictis smithaespeciesbelongs to Vaughnictisstated with evidenceBrocklehurst et al., 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance296 - 268 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance296 - 268 Ma
Permian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. E. Lewis and P. P. Vaughn. 1965. Early Permian Vertebrates from the Cutler Formation of the Placerville Area, Colorado. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 503-C:C1-C46

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Vaughnictis smithae (Lewis & Vaughn, 1965)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eothyrididae : Vaughnictis : Vaughnictis smithae

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1965Mycterosaurus smithae Lewis and Vaughn p. C34 fig. 13
1986Mycterosaurus smithae Reisz
2016Vaughnictis smithae Brocklehurst et al.

References

Lewis G. E., Vaughn P. P. (1965) Early Permian Vertebrates from the Cutler Formation of the Placerville Area, Colorado, United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 503-C, C1-C46
Reisz R. R. (1986) Pelycosauria, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology 17A, 1-102
Brocklehurst N., Reisz R. R., et al (2016) A Re-Description of ‘Mycterosaurus’ smithae, an Early Permian Eothyridid, and Its Impact on the Phylogeny of Pelycosaurian-Grade Synapsids, PLoS ONE 11 6, e0156810 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156810
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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