Captorhinidae

Captorhinus aguti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eureptilia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia

Familia: †Captorhinidae
Subfamilia: †Moradisaurinae

Genera: †Acrodenta – †Baeotherates – †Captorhinikos – †Captorhinus – Concordia – †Gansurhinus – †Labidosaurikos – †Labidosaurus – †Moradisaurus – †Protocaptorhinus – †Reiszorhinus – †Rhiodenticulatus – †Romeria – †Rothianiscus – †Saurorictus – †Thuringothyris

Name

• †Captorhinidae Case, 1911

Type genus: †Captorhinus Cope, 1895

References

Primary references

• Case, E.C. 1911. A revision of the Cotylosauria of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 145: 1–121.

Additional references

• Sumida, S.S., Dodick, J., Metcalf, A. & Albright, G. 2010. Reiszorhinus olsoni, a New Single-Tooth-Rowed Captorhinid Reptile from the Lower Permian of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3): 704–714.
• Reisz, R.R., Liu, J., Li, J. & Müller, J. 2011. A new captorhinid reptile, Gansurhinus qingtoushanensis, gen. et sp. nov., from the Permian of China. Naturwissenschaften 98(5): 435–441.
• Modesto, S.P., Lamb, A.J. & Reisz, R.R. 2014. The captorhinid reptile Captorhinikos valensis from the lower Permian Vale Formation of Texas, and the evolution of herbivory in eureptiles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(2): 291–302.
• Reisz, R.R., LeBlanc, A.R.H., Sidor, C.A., Scott, D. & May, W. 2015. A new captorhinid reptile from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma showing remarkable dental and mandibular convergence with microsaurian tetrapods. The Science of Nature 102(9-10): 50.

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