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Teratosaurus schuetzii

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Zanclodon schutzii was named by Fraas (1900). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trigonodus-Dolomit, Hall, which is in a Triassic peritidal dolomite in the Rottweil Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Teratosaurus schutzi by Schmidt (1938); it was recombined as Teratosaurus schuetzi by Kuhn (1939); it was recombined as Teratosaurus schuetzii by Kuhn (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Zanclodon schutzii Fraas p. xlv
1901Zanclodon schutzi Nopcsa p. 198
1938Teratosaurus schutzi Schmidt p. 125
1939Teratosaurus schuetzi Kuhn p. 59
1971Teratosaurus schuetzii Kuhn p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Rauisuchidae(Huene 1942)
genusTeratosaurus
speciesschuetzii()

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.

†Teratosaurus schuetzii Fraas 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Triassic or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Zanclodon schutzii (type locality: 77928)