Diadectidae
Sign in to saveDiadectidae is an extinct family of early tetrapods that lived in what is now North America and Europe during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian, and in Asia during the Late Permian. They were the first herbivorous tetrapods, and also the first fully terrestrial animals to attain large sizes. Footprints indicate that diadectids walked with an erect posture.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- FamilyDiadectidae
Multimedia w Wikimedia Commons Orobates Diadectidae – rodzina dużych, przypominających gady czworonogów zamieszkujących Euroamerykę w karbonie i wczesnym permie oraz obszar dzisiejszych Chin w późnym permie[1]. Były to pierwsze roślinożerne czworonogi, jak również pierwsze w pełni lądowe zwierzęta zdolne osiągać znaczne rozmiary. Reprezentują one ważne stadium w ewolucji kręgowców, a także ekosystemów lądowych. Najbardziej znany przedstawiciel grupy, Diadectes, był silnie zbudowanym zwierzęciem dorastającym do 3 m długości. Oprócz niego wyróżnia się jeszcze kilka rodzajów opisanych na podstawie fragmentarycznych szczątków. Rodzaje Alveusdectes[1] Ambedus[2] Desmatodon Diadectes Diasparactus Orobates Stephanospondylus Przypisy ↑ a b Jun Liu i Gabe S. Bever. The last diadectomorph sheds light on Late Palaeozoic tetrapod biogeography. „Biology Letters”. 11 (5), s. Artykuł nr 20150100, 2015. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0100 (ang.). ↑ Richard A. Kissel i Robert R. Reisz. Ambedus pusillus, new genus, new species, a small diadectid (Tetrapoda: Diadectomorpha) from the Lower Permian of Ohio, with a consideration of diadectomorph phylogeny. „Annals of Carnegie Museum”. 73 (4), s. 197–212, 2004 (
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 111
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Diadectidae
- Collections
- CM, USNM, NMMNHS, UCMP, ROM, UMMP
- Recorded in
- United States, Germany
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Diadectomorpha
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- Diadectes phaseolinus.JPG
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- Classification
- Evolutionary history
- Paleobiology
- Diet
- Locomotion
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Diadectidae is an extinct family of early tetrapods that lived in what is now North America and Europe during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian, and in Asia during the Late Permian. They were the first herbivorous tetrapods, and also the first fully terrestrial animals to attain large sizes. Footprints indicate that diadectids walked with an erect posture.
The best known and largest representative of the family is Diadectes, a heavily built animal that attained a maximum length of several metres. Several other genera and various fragmentary fossil remains are also known. Although well known genera like Diadectes first appear in the Late Pennsylvanian, fragmentary remains of possible diadectids are known from much earlier deposits, including a piece of lower jaw found in Mississippian strata from Tennessee.
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