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Temnospondyli
Taxonomy
Temnospondyli was named by von Zittel (1887). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Laurin et al. (2000).
It was reranked as the order Temnospondyli by Romer (1947), Carroll (1967), Bolt (1969), Daly (1973), Carroll (1988), Murry (1989), Sumida et al. (1998) and Schoch and Milner (2000); it was reranked as the suborder Temnospondyli by Yates and Warren (2000); it was reranked as the subclass Temnospondyli by Shishkin et al. (2000); it was reranked as the unranked clade Temnospondyli by Sequeira (2004) and Martens et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Stegocephali by von Zittel (1887); to Stegocephala by Moodie (1909); to Labyrinthodontia by Romer (1947); to Labyrinthodontia by Carroll (1967), Bolt (1969), Daly (1973), Carroll (1988) and Murry (1989); to Choanata by Yates and Warren (2000); to Stegocephali by Laurin et al. (2000); to Amphibia by Gauthier et al. (1989), Sumida et al. (1998), Schoch and Milner (2000), Shishkin et al. (2000) and Sepkoski (2002); to Tetrapoda by Sequeira (2004); and to Amphibia by Martens et al. (2005).
It was reranked as the order Temnospondyli by Romer (1947), Carroll (1967), Bolt (1969), Daly (1973), Carroll (1988), Murry (1989), Sumida et al. (1998) and Schoch and Milner (2000); it was reranked as the suborder Temnospondyli by Yates and Warren (2000); it was reranked as the subclass Temnospondyli by Shishkin et al. (2000); it was reranked as the unranked clade Temnospondyli by Sequeira (2004) and Martens et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Stegocephali by von Zittel (1887); to Stegocephala by Moodie (1909); to Labyrinthodontia by Romer (1947); to Labyrinthodontia by Carroll (1967), Bolt (1969), Daly (1973), Carroll (1988) and Murry (1989); to Choanata by Yates and Warren (2000); to Stegocephali by Laurin et al. (2000); to Amphibia by Gauthier et al. (1989), Sumida et al. (1998), Schoch and Milner (2000), Shishkin et al. (2000) and Sepkoski (2002); to Tetrapoda by Sequeira (2004); and to Amphibia by Martens et al. (2005).
Subtaxa
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1841 | Labyrinthodon leptognathus Owen |
| 1841 | Labyrinthodon pachygnathus Owen |
| 1841 | Labyrinthodon ventricosus Owen |
| 1842 | Labyrinthodon laniarius Owen |
| 1850 | Labyrinthodon bucklandi Lloyd |
| 1861 | Labyrinthodon ventricosus Owen p. 210 |
| 1861 | Labyrinthodon leptognathus Owen p. 212 |
| 1861 | Labyrinthodon pachygnathus Owen p. 212 |
| 1861 | Labyrinthodon bucklandi Owen p. 216 |
| 1887 | Temnospondyli von Zittel |
| 1909 | Temnospondyli Moodie p. 39 |
| 1913 | Hercynosaurus Jaekel p. 213 |
| 1913 | Hercynosaurus carinidens Jaekel p. 213 |
| 1943 | Boreosaurus Nilsson p. 34 figs. 21-25, pl. 9 |
| 1943 | Boreosaurus thorslundi Nilsson p. 34 figs. 21-25, pl. 9 |
| 1947 | Temnospondyli Romer p. 311 |
| 1965 | Fayella Olson p. 34 |
| 1965 | Fayella chickashaensis Olson p. 34 figs. 2A-C; Pl. 7H |
| 1967 | Temnospondyli Carroll p. 113 |
| 1969 | Temnospondyli Bolt p. 888 |
| 1973 | Temnospondyli Daly p. 568 |
| 1978 | Triassurus Ivakhnenko |
| 1988 | Boreosaurus Carroll |
| 1988 | Fayella Carroll |
| 1988 | Temnospondyli Carroll |
| 1988 | Triassurus Carroll |
| 1989 | Temnospondyli Gauthier et al. p. 339 |
| 1989 | Temnospondyli Murry p. 271 |
| 1998 | Temnospondyli Sumida et al. p. 610 |
| 2000 | Temnospondyli Laurin et al. p. 120 fig. 2b |
| 2000 | Temnospondyli Schoch and Milner |
| 2000 | Temnospondyli Shishkin et al. p. 40 |
| 2000 | Temnospondyli Yates and Warren p. 79 |
| 2002 | Temnospondyli Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Temnospondyli Sequeira p. 37 |
| 2005 | Temnospondyli Martens et al. |
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