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Steneosaurus dasycephalus

Reptilia - Teleosauridae

Taxonomy
Steneosaurus dasycephalus was named by Seeley (1869). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Peterborough area, Porter Collection, which is in a Callovian offshore mudstone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. intermedius, S. subulidens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Steneosaurus dasycephalus Seeley p. 140

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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
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
infraorderThalattosuchia()
—Neothalattosuchia
superfamilyTeleosauroideaSaint-Hilaire 1831
familyTeleosauridaeGeoffroy 1831
genusSteneosaurusSaint-Hilaire 1825
speciesdasycephalus

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: hydroxyapatitesubo
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: nektonicsubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-07-23 01:12:29
Modified: 2009-07-23 03:12:29
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Callovian to the top of the Callovian or 164.70000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (England) Steneosaurus dasycephalus (type locality: 119669)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (England) Steneosaurus dasycephalus (133067)