Bystrowianidae

Bystrowianidae

Bystrowianidae

Extinct family of tetrapodomorphs

Quick Facts Bystrowianidae Temporal range: Late Permian - Middle Triassic, Scientific classification ...

Bystrowianidae is a family of chroniosuchian tetrapods from the Permian and Triassic periods.[1]

Phylogeny

Below is the cladogram from Buchwitz et al. (2012) showing the phylogenetic relations of bystrowianids:[2]

Chroniosuchia 

Cladogram from Novikov (2018) showing internal relationships of bystrowianids based on differences in their osteoderms:[3]

Bystrowianidae

Dromotectinae

Axitectinae

Bystrowianinae

References

  1. [1]
    Florian Witzmann; Rainer R. Schoch & Michael W. Maisch (2008). "A relict basal tetrapod from Germany: first evidence of a Triassic chroniosuchian outside Russia" (PDF). Naturwissenschaften. 95 (1): 67–72. Bibcode:2008NW.....95...67W. doi:10.1007/s00114-007-0291-6. PMID 17653527. S2CID 8161364.
  2. [2]
    Buchwitz, M.; Foth, C.; Kogan, I.; Voigt, S. (2012). "On the use of osteoderm features in a phylogenetic approach on the internal relationships of the Chroniosuchia (Tetrapoda: Reptiliomorpha)". Palaeontology. 55 (3): 623–640. Bibcode:2012Palgy..55..623B. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01137.x.
  3. [3]
    Novikov A.V. (2018). Early Triassic amphibians of Eastern Europe: evolution of dominant groups and peculiarities of changing communities (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: RAS. p. 162. ISBN 978-5-906906-71-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2024-04-06.


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