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Scincosaurus spinosus

Amphibia - Scincosauridae

Taxonomy
Scincosaurus spinosus was named by Civet (1982). Its type specimen is MNHN (no number known), a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Montceau-les-Mines, Saone et Loire, which is in a Stephanian B/Stephanian C terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Scincosaurus spinosus Civet
1998Scincosaurus spinosus Carroll et al. p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
—Lepospondyli()
—Nectridea()
familyScincosauridaeJaeckel 1909
genusScincosaurusFric 1876
speciesspinosus

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.

†Scincosaurus spinosus Civet 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Stephanian B to the top of the Stephanian C or 301.50000 to 300.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stephanian B - Stephanian C301.5 - 300.4France (Bourgogne) Scincosaurus spinosus (type locality: 176090)