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Sarcolestes

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Sarcolestes was named by Lydekker (1893). It was considered monophyletic by Vickaryous et al. (2004).

It was synonymized subjectively with Scelidosaurus by Romer (1956), Romer (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Lexovisaurus by Kuhn (1964); it was considered a nomen dubium by Carpenter (2001).

It was assigned to Thecodontosauridae by Lydekker (1893); to Omosauridae by Huene (1909); to Ankylosaurinae by Nopcsa (1929), Kuhn (1966); to Scelidosauridae by Charig (1967); to Stegosauridae by Nopcsa (1901), von Zittel (1911), Swinton (1970); to Ankylosauria by Vickaryous et al. (2004); to Nodosauridae by Nopcsa (1928), Galton (1980), Galton (1983), Galton (1983), Galton (1985), Martill (1988), Carroll (1988), Galton (1994), Smith (1997), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Ford (2000), Naish and Martill (2008), Blows and Honeysett (2014); and to Ankylosauria by Galton (2019).

Species
S. leedsi
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2021-12-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Sarcolestes Lydekker p. 286 figs. Pl. 11
1901Sarcolestes Nopcsa p. 215
1909Sarcolestes Huene p. 17
1911Sarcolestes von Zittel p. 295
1928Sarcolestes Nopcsa p. 185
1929Sarcolestes Nopcsa p. 70
1966Sarcolestes Kuhn p. 105
1967Sarcolestes Charig p. 715
1970Sarcolestes Swinton p. 244
1980Sarcolestes Galton pp. 827, 831-832
1983Sarcolestes Galton p. 6
1985Sarcolestes Galton p. 251
1988Sarcolestes Carroll
1988Sarcolestes Martill p. 182
1994Sarcolestes Galton p. 726
1997Sarcolestes Sereno p. 440 fig. 2
1997Sarcolestes Smith p. 509
1998Sarcolestes Sereno p. 67 fig. 5
2000Sarcolestes Ford p. 175
2004Sarcolestes Vickaryous et al. p. 367
2008Sarcolestes Naish and Martill p. 615
2014Sarcolestes Blows and Honeysett p. 835
2019Sarcolestes Galton p. 214

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—ParapredentataNorman 2022
—SaphornithischiaMadzia et al. 2001
—PrionodontiaOwen 1874
—Genasauria
—Thyreophora()
superfamilyThyreophoroidea()
—Eurypoda
—Ankylosauria()
genusSarcolestes

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.

G. †Sarcolestes Lydekker 1893
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†Sarcolestes leedsi Lydekker 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available