Early tetrapod relationships revisited

M. Ruta, M. I. Coates, and D. L. J. Quicke

2003

Article

Biological Reviews 78(2):251-345

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Broiliellus brevis
• Caerorhachis bairdi
• Discosauriscus austriacus
• Ecolsonia cutlerensis
• Eoscopus lockardi
• Eusthenopteron foordi
• Ichthyostega stensioei
• Kotlassia prima
• Leptorophus
• Neldasaurus wrightae
• Panderichthys rhombolepis
• Platyrhinops lyelli
• Sauropleura pectinata
• Schoenfelderpeton prescheri
• Scincosaurus crassus

Taxonomy:

• Platyrhinops lyelli belongs to Raniceps - Wyman (1858)
• Platyrhinops lyelli belongs to Platyrhinops - Wyman (1858)
• Pholiderpeton scutigerum belongs to Pholiderpeton - Huxley (1863)
• Brachydectes newberryi belongs to Brachydectes - Cope (1868)
• Sauropleura pectinata belongs to Sauropleura - Cope (1868)
• Scincosaurus crassus belongs to Scincosaurus - Fric (1876)
• Discosauriscus austriacus belongs to Discosauriscus - Makowsky (1876)
• Eusthenopteron foordi belongs to Eusthenopteron - Whiteaves (1881)
• Kotlassia prima belongs to Kotlassia - Amalitzky (1898)
• Leptorophus belongs to Branchiosauridae - Bulman and Whittard (1926)
• Melanerpeton tenerum belongs to Leptorophus - Bulman and Whittard (1926)
• Dolichopareias disjectus belongs to Dolichopareias - Watson (1928)
• Baphetes kirkbyi belongs to Baphetes - Watson (1929)
• Crassigyrinus scoticus belongs to Crassigyrinus - Watson (1929)
• Ichthyostega stensioei belongs to Ichthyostega - Save-Soderbergh (1932)
• Panderichthys rhombolepis belongs to Panderichthys - Gross (1941)
• Broiliellus brevis belongs to Broiliellus - Carroll (1964)
• Neldasaurus wrightae belongs to Neldasaurus - Chase (1965)
• Ecolsonia cutlerensis belongs to Ecolsonia - Vaughn (1969)
• Bruktererpeton fiebigi belongs to Bruktererpeton - Boy and Bandel (1973)
• Octagomphus woodi belongs to Megalocephalus - Beaumont (1977)
• Caerorhachis bairdi belongs to Caerorhachis - Holmes and Carroll (1977)
• Tulerpeton curtum belongs to Tulerpeton - Lebedeu (1984)
• Schoenfelderpeton prescheri belongs to Schoenfelderpeton - Boy (1986)
• Brachydectes elongatus belongs to Brachydectes - Wellstead (1991)
• Eoscopus lockardi belongs to Eoscopus - Daly (1994)
• Ventastega curonica belongs to Ventastega - Ahlberg et al. (1994)
• Amniota belongs to Cotylosauria - Ruta et al. (2003)