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Sauravus costei

Amphibia - Scincosauridae

Taxonomy
Sauravus costei was named by Thevenin (1906). Its type specimen is MNHN 1049, a partial 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. It is the type species of Sauravus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Sauravus costei Thevenin
1998Sauravus costei 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
genusSauravus
speciescostei

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.

†Sauravus costei Thevenin 1906
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

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) Sauravus costei (type locality: 176090)