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Sclerocephalus jogischneideri

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Sclerocephalus jogischneideri was named by Werneburg (1992). It is not extant. Its type specimen is FG 321/1/129, a skull. Its type locality is Road-cut uphill of Gottlob quarry, which is in an Asselian terrestrial horizon in the Oberhof Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Sclerocephalus jogischneideri Werneburg
2000Sclerocephalus jogischneideri Schoch and Milner

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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
speciesjogischneideriWerneburg 1992

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.

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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, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Germany (Thuringia) Sclerocephalus jogischneideri (180778 type locality: 180848)
Autunian298.9 - 283.3Germany (Thuringia) Sclerocephalus jogischneideri (180799 180847)