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Aetosaurus ferratus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Aetosaurus ferratus was named by Fraas (1877). Its type specimen is SMNS 5770, specimen 16, a skeleton (Nearly complete skull and skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Billert, Kaltental, which is in a Norian terrestrial sandstone in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas
1898Aetosaurus ferratus Spangenberg p. 409
1907Aetosaurus crassicauda Fraas p. 109
1913Aetosaurus ferratus Broom p. 624
1922Aetosaurus crassicauda Huene p. 22
1922Aetosaurus ferratus Huene p. 22
1928Aetosaurus ferratus Perrier p. 3088
1971Aetosaurus ferratus Kuhn p. 12
1971Aetosaurus crassicauda Kuhn p. 13
1989Aetosaurus crassicauda Wild
2007Aetosaurus ferratus Parker
2013Aetosaurus ferratus Desojo et al.
2016Aetosaurus ferratus Parker

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Aetosauria(Lydekker 1889)
—Stagonolepididae(Lydekker 1887)
subfamilyAetosaurinae(Baur 1887)
genusAetosaurusFraas 1887
speciesferratusFraas 1877

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.

†Aetosaurus ferratus Fraas 1877
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Invalid names: Aetosaurus crassicauda Fraas 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:33
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:33
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Alaunian or 215.38000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Germany (Baden-Württenburg) Aetosaurus ferratus (type locality: 92087 92088)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Greenland Aetosaurus ferratus (26998)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Italy (Lombardia) Aetosaurus ferratus (59639)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Aetosaurus crassicauda (47800)