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Scutarx deltatylus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Scutarx deltatylus was named by Parker (2016). Its type specimen is PEFO 34616, a partial skull (Partial skull, cervical paramedian and lateral osteoderms), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Billings Gap area, PFV 355, which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Chinle Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Scutarx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Scutarx deltatylus Parker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Aetosauria(Lydekker 1889)
—Stagonolepididae(Lydekker 1887)
suborderDesmatosuchia
subfamilyDesmatosuchinae
genusScutarx
speciesdeltatylus

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.

†Scutarx deltatylus Parker 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:33
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:33
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Alaunian to the top of the Sevatian or 215.38000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Arizona) Scutarx deltatylus (type locality: 182617 182618) Stagonolepis wellesi (52501)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Texas) Scutarx deltatylus (218145)
Alaunian - Sevatian215.38 - 205.7USA (Arizona) Stagonolepis sp. (93480)