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Sclerocephalus haeuseri

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Sclerocephalus haeuseri was named by Goldfuss (1847) [Type specimen is the neotype designated by Boy (1988)]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIM N 1203, a skeleton. Its type locality is Pfarrwald at Heimkirchen, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian terrestrial horizon in the Meisenheim Formation of Germany.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Sclerocephalus haeuseri Goldfuss
1928Leptorophus levis Bulman
1958Pelosaurus longiscutatus Theobald
2000Sclerocephalus haeuseri Schoch and Milner p. 50
2004Rehbornia klauswaldensis Krätschmer p. 5 figs. 1-10
2004Raumbachia compressa Krätschmer p. 6 figs. 2-10
2004Pfarrwaldia jeckenbachensis Krätschmer p. 18 figs. 11-21
2009Sclerocephalus haeuseri Schoch and Witzmann p. 137
2013Sclerocephalus haeuseri Schoch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
genusSclerocephalusGoldfuss 1847
specieshaeuseriGoldfuss 1847

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.

†Sclerocephalus haeuseri Goldfuss 1847
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Invalid names: Leptorophus levis Bulman 1928 [synonym], Pelosaurus longiscutatus Theobald 1958 [synonym], Pfarrwaldia jeckenbachensis Krätschmer 2004 [objective synonym], Raumbachia compressa Krätschmer 2004 [synonym], Rehbornia klauswaldensis Krätschmer 2004 [synonym]
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: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany (Rhineland-Pfalz) Sclerocephalus haeuseri (180783)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany (Saarland) Sclerocephalus haeuseri (180860 180862)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Sclerocephalus haeuseri (85451 178735 180796)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany (Rhineland-Palatine) Sclerocephalus haeuseri (180802 180804 180805 180853 180854 180855 180857 180858 180859)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Germany (Rhineland-Palatine) Sclerocephalus haeuseri (type locality: 180797 180800 180806)
Autunian298.9 - 283.5Germany (Rhineland-Palatine) Sclerocephalus haeuseri (178736 180851)