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Abyssomedon

Description

Abyssomedon (meaning "Guardian of the Abyss") is an extinct genus of a nyctiphruretid parareptile known from the late Early Permian (Kungurian age) Garber Formation of Comanche County, Oklahoma, south-central United States. It contains a single species, Abyssomedon williamsi, which represents the third known nyctiphruretid species, the oldest species of the family and the first to be discovered in North America.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8452226https://www.gbif.org/species/8452226
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)324160https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=324160
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Nyctiphruretidae : Abyssomedon
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
subclassParareptiliaOlson 1947
familyNyctiphruretidaeEfremov 1938
genusAbyssomedonMacDougall & Reisz 2014
Scientific NameAbyssomedon MacDougall & Reisz, 2014
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Abyssomedongenusbelongs to Nyctiphruretidaestated with evidenceMacDougall and Reisz, 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance290 - 268 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance290 - 268 Ma
Permian
Environmentterrestrial (based on Amniota)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. MacDougall and R. R. Reisz. 2014. The first record of a nyctiphruretid parareptile from the Early Permian of North America, with a discussion of parareptilian temporal fenestration. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172:616-630
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyssomedon

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Abyssomedon williamsi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1290 Ma
Permian
290 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2014Abyssomedon MacDougall and Reisz p. 617 figs. 1-3

References

MacDougall M., Reisz R. R. (2014) The first record of a nyctiphruretid parareptile from the Early Permian of North America, with a discussion of parareptilian temporal fenestration, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172, 616-630
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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