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Stenotosaurus gracilis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Taxonomy
Stenotosaurus gracilis was named by Kamphausen (1983) [SMK is a private collection held by Dr F. Martin & J. Martin, Kronach, Bavaria]. Its type specimen is SMK unnumbered, a partial skull (Impression of a partial skull, in two pieces), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Kronach, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian marine sandstone in the Röttone Formation of Germany.

It was synonymized subjectively with Stenotosaurus semiclausus by Schoch and Milner (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Stenotosaurus gracilis Kamphausen p. 120 figs. 1, 2.1, 3
2001Stenotosaurus gracilis Damiani p. 422

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

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.

†Stenotosaurus gracilis Kamphausen 1983
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 246.70000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24Germany (Bayern) Stenotosaurus gracilis (type locality: 97846)