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Stenotosaurus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Stenotosaurus Romer
1981Stenotosaurus Ingavat and Janvier p. 718 fig. 6
1983Stenotosaurus Kamphausen
2000Stenotosaurus Schoch and Milner p. 149
2001Stenotosaurus Damiani

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
familyMastodonsauridaeLydekker 1885
genusStenotosaurusRomer 1947

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. †Stenotosaurus Romer 1947
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†Stenotosaurus gracilis Kamphausen 1983
†Stenotosaurus semiclausus Swinton 1927
†Stenotosaurus stantonensis Woodward 1904
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Late/Upper Triassic or 246.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian - Aegean248.1 - 244.99Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. semiclausus (196849)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24Germany (Bayern) S. gracilis (97846)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (34402)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Capitosaurus stantonensis (167939)