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Eocyclotosaurus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Eocyclotosaurus was named by Ortlam (1970). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Capitosauridae by Kuhn (1971), Carroll (1988); to Heylerosaurinae by Schoch (2000); to Heylerosauridae by Damiani (2001); and to Capitosauroidea by Schoch (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Moenkopisaurus Shishkin
1970Eocyclotosaurus Ortlam
1971Eocyclotosaurus Kuhn p. 7
1988Eocyclotosaurus Carroll
2000Eocyclotosaurus Schoch p. 391
2001Eocyclotosaurus Damiani p. 392
2013Eocyclotosaurus Schoch

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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()
genusEocyclotosaurusOrtlam 1970

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.

G. †Eocyclotosaurus Ortlam 1970
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†Eocyclotosaurus appetolatus Rinehart et al. 2015
†Eocyclotosaurus lehmani Heyler 1969
†Eocyclotosaurus randalli Welles 1947
†Eocyclotosaurus wellesi Schoch 2000
Invalid names: Moenkopisaurus Shishkin 1960 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 246.70000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24USA (Arizona) Cyclotosaurus randalli, E. wellesi (34888) E. wellesi (95088 95089 95090 95112)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24Germany (Baden-Württemberg) E. woschmidti (134304)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24Germany (Baden-Württeberg) E. woschmidti (134506)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) E. woschmidti (196848)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464USA (New Mexico) E. appetolatus (196355)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464France (Bas-Rhin) E. lehmani (197699)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464United Kingdom (England) E. sp. (88992)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464France (Vosges) E. lehmani (197698)