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Sciurumimus albersdoerferi

Reptilia - Theropoda

Taxonomy
Sciurumimus albersdoerferi was named by Rauhut et al. (2012). Its type specimen is BMMS BK 11, a skeleton, and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Rygol Quarry, Painten, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Torleite Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Sciurumimus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Sciurumimus albersdoerferi Rauhut et al.
2013Sciurumimus albersdoerferi Hanson and Makovicky p. 778
2014Sciurumimus albersdoerferi Delsate and Ezcurra p. 178
2016Sciurumimus albersdoerferi Rauhut et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
superfamilyMegalosauroidea()
genusSciurumimus
speciesalbersdoerferi

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.

Sciurumimus albersdoerferi Rauhut et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bayern) Sciurumimus albersdoerferi (type locality: 130048)