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Plagiosterninae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae

Taxonomy
Plagiosterninae was named by Shishkin (1986). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Plagiosauridae by Dias-da-Silva and Milner (2009), Schoch and Milner (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Plagiosterninae Shishkin
2009Plagiosterninae Dias-da-Silva and Milner
2014Plagiosterninae Schoch and Milner p. 105

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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()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyPlagiosauridae
subfamilyPlagiosterninaeShishkin 1986
subfamilyPlagiosterninaeShishkin 1986

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.

Subfm. †Plagiosterninae Shishkin 1986
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G. †Aranetsia Novikov and Shishkin 1992
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†Aranetsia improvisa Novikov and Shishkin 1992
G. †Megalophthalma Schoch et al. 2014
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†Megalophthalma ockerti Schoch et al. 2014
G. †Melanopelta Shishkin 1967
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†Melanopelta antiqua Shishkin 1967
G. †Plagiorophus Konjukova 1955
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†Plagiorophus danilovi Shishkin 1986
†Plagiorophus paraboliceps Konzhukova 1955
G. †Plagiosternum Fraas 1896
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Invalid names: Plagiosternum nanum Schmidt 1931 [synonym]
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 Olenekian to the top of the Carnian or 249.90000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Plagiosauridae indet. (99230)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Kirov) Melanopelta antiqua (93104)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Orenburg) Melanopelta antiqua (93205)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Russian Federation (Arkhangel'sk) Melanopelta antiqua (189566)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation (Orenburg) Plagiosternum paraboliceps (97410)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation Aranetsia improvisa (189565)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Plagiosternum danilovi (97417) Plagiosternum paraboliceps (97415)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Mastodonsaurus granulosus (39763)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Thüringen) Plagiosternum nanum (196844)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Plagiosternum paraboliceps (79970)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Germany (Thüringen) Plagiosternum granulosum (196845)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Megalophthalma ockerti (101875) Plagiosternum granulosum (106352)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Germany (Thuringia) Plagiosternum granulosum (106359 106361 196842)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Germany (Thüringen) Plagiosternum granulosum (196843)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Plagiosternum sp. (106462)