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Cyclotosaurus posthumus

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae

Taxonomy
Cyclotosaurus posthumus was named by Fraas (1913). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SMNS 12988, a partial skull. Its type locality is Burrer Quarry, Pfaffenhofen, which is in an Alaunian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. pachygnathus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cyclotosaurus posthumus Fraas
1913Cyclotosaurus mordax Fraas
1913Cyclotosaurus posthumus Fraas
1965Cyclotosaurus mordax Welles and Cosgriff p. 42
1965Cyclotosaurus posthumus Welles and Cosgriff p. 43
1971Cyclotosaurus posthumus Kuhn p. 7
1981Cyclotosaurus posthumus Ingavat and Janvier p. 718 fig. 6
2000Cyclotosaurus mordax Schoch and Milner
2001Cyclotosaurus posthumus Damiani p. 402

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
familyCyclotosauridaeShishkin 1964
genusCyclotosaurusFraas 1889
speciesposthumusFraas 1913

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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Invalid names: Cyclotosaurus mordax Fraas 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: piscivoreg
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-01-03 21:13:41
Modified: 2009-01-03 23:13:41
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Alaunian to the top of the Rhaetian or 215.38000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Cyclotosaurus posthumus (138914)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cyclotosaurus posthumus (275899)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cyclotosaurus posthumus (type locality: 47800)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Cyclotosaurus posthumus (139488)