List of Permian tetrapods
Permian tetrapods were amphibians and reptiles that lived during the Permian Period.
During this time,
Parareptiles, which included both lizard-like and large herbivorous forms, and primitive diapsids
.
Classification
The following list of families of Permian tetrapods is based mostly on Benton ed. 1993. The classification follows Benton 2004:
Superclass Tetrapoda
- Class Amphibia
- Order Temnospondyli
- Family Edopidae
- Family Cochleosauridae
- Family Trimerorhachidae
- Family Dvinosauridae
- Family Saurerpetontidae
- Family Brachyopidae
- Family Actinodontidae
- Family Intasuchidae
- Family Archegosauridae
- Family Rhinesuchidae
- Family Uranocentrodontidae
- Family Zatrachydidae
- Family Eryopidae
- Family Parioxyidae
- Family Peltobatrachidae
- Family Trematopidae
- Family Dissorophidae
- Family Micromelerpetontidae
- Family Branchiosauridae
- Family Amphibamidae
- Family
- Superorder Lepospondyli
- Order Aïstopoda
- Family Phlegethontiidae
- Order Nectridea
- Family Diplocaulidae
- Family Scincosauridae
- Family Urocordylidae
- Order Lysorophia
- Family Lysorophidae
- Order Microsauria
- Family Microbrachidae
- Family Brachyslechidae
- Family Tuditanidae
- Family Hapsidopareiontidae
- Family Pantylidae
- Family Gymnarthridae
- Family Ostodolepididae
- Family Rhynchonkidae
- Family Cocytinidae
- Family
- Order
- Superorder Reptiliomorpha
- Order Anthracosauria
- Family Eogyrinidae
- Family Archeriidae
- Family Chroniosuchidae
- Family Bystrowianidae
- Family
- Order Seymouriamorpha
- Family Seymouriidae
- Family Discosauriscidae
- Family Kotlassiidae
- Family
- Orders/Suborders Uncertain
- Family Leptorophidae
- Family Enosuchidae
- Family Nycleroleridae
- Family Tokosauridae
- Family Lanthanosuchidae
- Family Tseajiidae
- Order Diadectomorpha
- Family Limnoscelididae
- Family Diadectidae
Series
Amniota
- Class Sauropsida
- Subclass Anapsida
- Family Acleistorhinidae
- Family Eunotosauridae
- Family Mesosauridae
- Family Millerettidae
- Family Nyctiphruretidae
- Family Procolophonidae
- Family Pareiasauridae
- Basal Eureptilia
- Family Captorhinidae
- Family Protorothyrididae
- Subclass Diapsida
- Order Araeoscelidia
- Family Araeoscelididae
- Orders unspecified
- Family Weigeltisauridae
- Family Claudiosauridae
- Family Heleosauridae
- Order Younginiformes
- Family Acerosodontosaurus
- Family Younginidae
- Family Tangasauridae
- Family Galesphyridae
- Infraclass Lepidosauromorpha
- Family Paliguanidae
- Family
- Infraclass Archosauromorpha
- Order Prolacertiformes
- Family Protorosauridae
- Division Archosauria
- Order
- Subclass
- Class Synapsida
- Order Pelycosauria
- Family Eothyrididae
- Family Caseidae
- Family Varanopidae
- Family Ophiacodontidae
- Family Edaphosauridae
- Family Sphenacodontidae
- Order Therapsida
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- Suborder Biarmosuchia
- Family Phthinosuchidae
- Family Biarmosuchidae
- Family Ictidorhinidae
- Family Burnetiidae
- Family Eotitanosuchidae
- Family
- Suborder Dinocephalia
- Family Estemmenosuchidae
- Family Anteosauridae
- Family Titanosuchidae
- Family Tapinocephalidae
- Suborder Gorgonopsia
- Family Gorgonopsidae
- Suborder Anomodontia/Dicynodontia
- Family Dromasauridae
- Family Otsheriidae
- Family Galeopidae
- Family Venyukoviidae
- Family Eodicynodontidae
- Family Endothiodontidae
- Family Cryptodontidae
- Family Aulacephalodontidae
- Family Dicynodontidae
- Family Pristerodontidae
- Family Emydopidae
- Family Robertiidae
- Family Kingoriidae
- Family Pristerognathidae
- Suborder Therocephalia
- Family Hofmeyeriidae
- Family Euchambersiidae
- Family Whaitsiidae
- Family Ictidosuchidae
- Family Scaloposauridae
- Family Lycideopsidae
- Suborder Cynodontia
- Family Dviniidae
- Family Procynosuchidae
- Family Galesauridae
- Family
See also
References
- Benton, M. J.(2004), Vertebrate Paleontology, 3rd ed. Blackwell Science Ltd
- ----- (editor), (1993) The fossil record II. London: Chapman and Hall.