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Stenotosaurus semiclausus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Taxonomy
Capitosaurus semiclausus was named by Swinton (1927). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BMNH R5276, a skull. Its type locality is Villingen, which is in a Spathian/Aegean terrestrial sandstone in the Upper Buntsandstein Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Parotosaurus semiclausus by Kuhn (1971); it was recombined as Stenotosaurus semiclausus by Romer (1947), Ingavat and Janvier (1981), Schoch and Milner (2000), Damiani (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Capitosaurus semiclausus Swinton
1947Stenotosaurus semiclausus Romer
1971Parotosaurus semiclausus Kuhn p. 7
1981Stenotosaurus semiclausus Ingavat and Janvier p. 718 fig. 6
2000Stenotosaurus semiclausus Schoch and Milner p. 149
2001Stenotosaurus semiclausus Damiani p. 423

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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
speciessemiclausus(Swinton 1927)

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 semiclausus Swinton 1927
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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: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Aegean or 248.10000 to 244.99000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian - Aegean248.1 - 244.99Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Stenotosaurus semiclausus (type locality: 196849)