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Paracyclotosauridae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Paracyclotosauridae

Taxonomy
Paracyclotosauridae was named by Ochev (1966). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Capitosauroidea by Schoch and Milner (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Paracyclotosauridae Ochev
2000Paracyclotosauridae Schoch and Milner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
familyParacyclotosauridaeOchev 1966
familyParacyclotosauridaeOchev 1966

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Paracyclotosauridae Ochev 1966
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G. †Stanocephalosaurus Brown 1933
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†Stanocephalosaurus amenasensis Dahoumane et al. 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Bithynian or 248.10000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic - Middle Triassic251.902 - 237.0Algeria (In Amenas) Stanocephalosaurus amenasensis (196663)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Arizona) Stanocephalosaurus birdi (95077)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24USA (Arizona) Stanocephalosaurus new species (95090)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Zambia (Eastern) Eryosuchus pronus (99437)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Tanzania (Ruvuma) Parotosaurus pronus (185533) Temnospondyli indet. (105297)