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Lyrocephaliscus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Lyrocephaliscidae

Taxonomy
Lyrocephaliscus was named by Kuhn (1961). It is not extant. Its type is Lyrocephalus euri. It is the type genus of Lyrocephaliscidae.

It was assigned to Trematosauridae by Warren and Black (1985), Carroll (1988); and to Lyrocephaliscidae by Schoch and Milner (2000), Schoch (2013).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Lyrocephaliscus Kuhn
1985Lyrocephaliscus Warren and Black
1988Lyrocephaliscus Carroll
2000Lyrocephaliscus Schoch and Milner p. 118
2013Lyrocephaliscus 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
Trematosauria
superfamilyTrematosauroidea
familyLyrocephaliscidaeKuhn 1961
genusLyrocephaliscusKuhn 1961

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. †Lyrocephaliscus Kuhn 1961
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Lyrocephaliscus euri Wiman 1914
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: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen Lyrocephalus euri (120228 120230 120231 120232 144043 211987)