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Scoloparia glyphanodon

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Scoloparia glyphanodon was named by Sues and Baird (1998). Its type specimen is NSM 996GF83.1, a partial skull (incl. nuchal "shield" of osteoderms), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boot Island shore, which is in a Carnian fluvial sandstone in the Wolfville Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Scoloparia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Scoloparia glyphanodon Sues and Baird

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
superfamilyProcolophonoidea
familyProcolophonidae
subfamilyLeptopleuroninaeIvakhnenko 1979
genusScoloparia
speciesglyphanodon

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.

†Scoloparia glyphanodon Sues and Baird 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Procolophonidae indet. (type locality: 80093 89078)