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Sauroscaptor tharavati

Anomodontia

Taxonomy
Sauroscaptor tharavati was named by Kammerer et al. (2016). Its type specimen is ISI R210, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Golet I + II, which is in a Wuchiapingian wet floodplain sandstone/mudstone in the Kundaram Formation of India. It is the type species of Sauroscaptor.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Sauroscaptor tharavati Kammerer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
orderAnomodontiaOwen 1859
orderDicynodontia()
superfamilyEmydopoideavan Hoepen 1934
—Kistecephalia()
—Cistecephalidae()
genusSauroscaptor
speciestharavati

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.

†Sauroscaptor tharavati Kammerer et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:33:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:33:45
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14India (Andhra Pradesh) Cistecephalus microrhinus, Emydops platiceps (type locality: 80572)