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Sclerocephalus nobilis

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Sclerocephalus nobilis was named by Kratschmer and Resch (2005). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMM-PW 2005/2, a skeleton. Its type locality is Klauswald at Odernheim, which is in an Autunian terrestrial shale in the Meisenheim Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Sclerocephalus nobilis Kratschmer and Resch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
genusSclerocephalusGoldfuss 1847
speciesnobilisKratschmer and Resch 2005

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Sclerocephalus nobilis Kratschmer and Resch 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available