Stahleckeriidae Explained

Stahleckeriidae is a family of dicynodont therapsids whose fossils are known from the Triassic of North America, South America, Asia and Africa.[1]

Classification

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Szczygielski and Sulej (2023):[2]

Genera

GenusStatusAgeLocationDescriptionImages
ArgodicynodonValiddata-sort-value= Norian[3] United States
EubrachiosaurusValiddata-sort-value= Norian[4] United States
IschigualastiaValiddata-sort-value= CarnianArgentina
LisowiciaValiddata-sort-value= Late Norian — Early Rhaetian?Poland
JachaleriaValiddata-sort-value= Norian[5] Argentina and Brazil
MoghreberiaValiddata-sort-value= Carnian
PlaceriasValiddata-sort-value= Norian[6] United States
PentasaurusValiddata-sort-value= Late TriassicSouth Africa
SangusaurusValid data-sort-value= AnisianZambia
StahleckeriaValid data-sort-value= LadinianBrazil and Namibia
Sungeodon?Validdata-sort-value= InduanChinaInitially identified as a stahleckeriid, possibly a more basal genus.
UfudocyclopsValiddata-sort-value= Anisian?South Africa
WoznikellaValid data-sort-value= CarnianGermany and Poland
ZambiasaurusValid data-sort-value= AnisianZambia

Notes and References

  1. Kammerer . C. F. . Fröbisch . J. R. . Angielczyk . K. D. . Farke . Andrew A . On the Validity and Phylogenetic Position of Eubrachiosaurus browni, a Kannemeyeriiform Dicynodont (Anomodontia) from Triassic North America . 10.1371/journal.pone.0064203 . PLOS ONE . 8 . 5 . e64203 . 2013 . 23741307. 3669350. 2013PLoSO...864203K . free .
  2. Szczygielski . T. . Sulej . T. . 2023 . Woznikella triradiata n. gen., n. sp. – a new kannemeyeriiform dicynodont from the Late Triassic of northern Pangea and the global distribution of Triassic dicynodonts . Comptes Rendus Palevol . 22 . 16 . 279–406 . 10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a16 . free.
  3. Mueller . B. D. . Huttenlocker . A. K. . Small . B. J. . Pinto . J. L. . Dean-Wallace . K. . Chatterjee . S. . 2023 . A new kannemeyeriiform dicynodont (Synapsida) from a Late Triassic vertebrate assemblage in west Texas, U.S.A. . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . e2255236 . 10.1080/02724634.2023.2255236. free .
  4. Kammerer . C. F. . Fröbisch . J. R. . Angielczyk . K. D. . Farke . Andrew A. . 2013 . On the Validity and Phylogenetic Position of Eubrachiosaurus browni, a Kannemeyeriiform Dicynodont (Anomodontia) from Triassic North America . PLOS ONE . 8 . 5 . e64203 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0064203 . 23741307 . 3669350 . 2013PLoSO...864203K . free.
  5. Kammerer . C. F. . Ordoñez . M. D. . Dicynodonts (Therapsida: Anomodontia) of South America . 2021 . . 108 . 103171 . 10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103171. 2021JSAES.10803171K . 233565963 .
  6. Irmis . Randall B. . Mundil . Roland . Martz . Jeffrey W. . Parker . William G. . 2011-09-15 . High-resolution U–Pb ages from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation (New Mexico, USA) support a diachronous rise of dinosaurs . Earth and Planetary Science Letters . en . 309 . 3 . 258–267 . 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.015 . 2011E&PSL.309..258I . 0012-821X.