-
pectoral girdle in
Petrolacosaurus is
light in
comparison to the m****ive
girdles found in taxa such as pelycosaurs.
Petrolacosaurus specimens had a clavicle...
-
Carboniferous to the
Early Permian. The
group contains the
genera Araeoscelis,
Petrolacosaurus, the
possibly aquatic Spinoaequalis, and less well-known
genera such...
- specifically, the most
inclusive clade containing Captorhinus aguti and
Petrolacosaurus kansensis but not
Procolophon trigoniceps, by
Tsuji and Müller (2009)...
- the
Joggins Formation in Nova Scotia, and
possibly New Brunswick.
Petrolacosaurus, the
earliest known diapsid reptile,
lived during the late Carboniferous...
- seed
plants over
ferns and lycophytes.
First diapsid reptiles (e.g.
Petrolacosaurus). 280 Ma
Earliest beetles, seed
plants and
conifers diversify while...
-
appear as a
giant tarantula-like
spider hunting the cat-sized
reptile Petrolacosaurus in the
segment detailing the Carboniferous, with the reconstruction...
-
Fossils of the
basal pelycosaur Archaeothyris and the
basal diapsid Petrolacosaurus are also
found in the same
region of Nova Scotia,
although from a higher...
- 302–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skull diagram of the
araeoscelidian Petrolacosaurus kansensis Nile
crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
Scientific classification...
- "Younginiformes" (later, more specifically,
emended to
Youngina capensis) than to
Petrolacosaurus. The
cladogram presented here
illustrates the "family tree" of reptiles...
- †Araeoscelidia
Aphelosaurus Araeoscelis Dictybolos?
Halgaitosaurus Kadaliosaurus Petrolacosaurus Spinoaequalis?
Zarcasaurus †Captorhinidae
Amniota (crown group)...
