Tuditanomorpha is a
suborder
Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...
of
microsaur lepospondyls. Tuditanomorphs lived from the
Late Carboniferous
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to the
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and are known from
North America and
Europe
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. Tuditanomorphs have a similar pattern of bones in the
skull roof
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In comparati ...
. Tuditanomorphs display considerable variability, especially in body size, proportions, dentition, and presacral
vertebra
The spinal column, a defining synapomorphy shared by nearly all vertebrates, Hagfish are believed to have secondarily lost their spinal column is a moderately flexible series of vertebrae (singular vertebra), each constituting a characterist ...
l count. Currently there are seven
families of tuditanomorphs, with two being
monotypic
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.
Tuditanids,
gymnarthrids
Gymnarthridae is an extinct family of tuditanomorph microsaurs. Gymnarthrids are known from Europe and North America and existed from the Late Carboniferous through the Early Permian. Remains have been found from the Czech Republic, Nova Scotia, ...
, and
pantylids first appear in the
Lower Pennsylvanian.
Goniorhynchidae,
Hapsidopareiontidae,
Ostodolepidae, and
Trihecatontidae appear in the Late Pennsylvanian and Early Permian.
Classification
Suborder Tuditanomorpha
*Family
Goniorhynchidae
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Rhynchonkos''
*Family
Gymnarthridae
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Cardiocephalus''
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Elfridia''
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Euryodus''
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Leiocephalikon''
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Pariotichus''
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Sparodus''
*Family
Hapsidopareiontidae
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Hapsidopareion''
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Llistrofus''
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Ricnodon''
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Saxonerpeton''
*Family
Ostodolepidae
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Micraroter
''Micraroter'' is an extinct genus of microsaur within the family Ostodolepidae
Ostodolepidae, also spelled Ostodolepididae, is an extinct family of Early Permian microsaurs. They are unique among microsaurs in that they were large, reaching l ...
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Nannaroter''
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Ostodolepis
''Ostodolepis'' is an extinct genus of microsaur within the family Ostodolepidae. It is known from the Arroyo Formation in Texas.
History of study
The holotype of ''Ostodolepis'' was discovered in 1909 by American paleontologist S.W. Willisto ...
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Pelodosotis''
*Family
Pantylidae
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Pantylus''
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Trachystegos''
*Family
Trihecatontidae
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Trihecaton
''Trihecaton'' is an extinct genus of microsaur from the Late Pennsylvanian (geology), Pennsylvanian of Colorado. Known from a single species, ''Trihecaton howardinus'', this genus is distinctive compared to other microsaurs due to possessing a n ...
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*Family
Tuditanidae
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Asaphestra
''Asaphestera'' is an extinct genus of a tetrapod described on the basis of fossils from the Carboniferous of the Joggins locality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was originally described as an undetermined lepospondyl and subsequently classified as a ...
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Boii
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Crinodon
''Crinodon'' is an extinct genus of microsaur within the family Tuditanidae.
See also
* Prehistoric amphibian
* List of prehistoric amphibians
This list of prehistoric amphibians is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera fr ...
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Tuditanus
''Tuditanus'' is an extinct genus of tuditanid microsaur from the Carboniferous, ~ 306 Ma ago. It was of small size, reaching a length of about 24 cm.
See also
* Prehistoric amphibian
* List of prehistoric amphibians
This list of preh ...
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References
External links
Tuditanomorphain the
Paleobiology Database
The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms.
History
The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) originated in the NCEAS-funded Phanerozoic Marine Paleo ...
Taxa named by Robert L. Carroll
Microsauria
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