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Thaumastosaurus ✝

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8392975https://www.gbif.org/species/8392975
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)57043https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=57043
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Thaumastosaurus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Thaumastosaurus
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
-Temnospondyli
-Lissamphibia
-Batrachia
orderSalientiaLaurenti 1768
orderAnura
genusThaumastosaurusDe Stefano 1904
Scientific NameThaumastosaurus De Stefano, 1904
Name Published InAtti Soc. Ital., 42
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Thaumastosaurusgenusbelongs to Leptodactylidaestated without evidenceSanchiz, 1998
Thaumastosaurusgenusbelongs to Anurastated without evidenceHolman and Harrison, 2003
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance37.2 - 16.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. A. Holman and D. L. Harrison. 2003. A new helmeted frog of the genus Thaumastosaurus from the Eocene of England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(1):157-160

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Thaumastosaurus bottii ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
656.0 Ma
Paleocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene
Thaumastosaurus gezei ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
356.0 Ma
Paleocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene
Thaumastosaurus wardi ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
237.2 Ma
Eocene
37.2 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1903Thaumastosaurus De Stefano
1998Thaumastosaurus Sanchiz
2003Thaumastosaurus Holman and Harrison p. 157

References

Holman J. A., Harrison D. L. (2003) A new helmeted frog of the genus Thaumastosaurus from the Eocene of England, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 1, 157-160
Sanchiz B. (1998) Salientia, Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie 4
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Atti Soc. Ital., 42 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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