Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Simolestes vorax
Taxonomy
Simolestes vorax was named by Andrews (1909). Its type specimen is BMNH R3319, a skeleton (complete associated skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Peterborough area, Leeds Collection, which is in a Callovian offshore mudstone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Simolestes.
Synonyms
|
Synonymy list
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
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.
†Simolestes vorax Andrews 1909
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Thaumatosaurus calloviensis Bogolubov 1912 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|||||
|
|
||||
|
|||||
|
|
||||
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order | |||||
References: Hampe 2005, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: Middle Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
---|---|---|---|
Middle Callovian | United Kingdom (England) | Liopleurodon ferox (92051) Simolestes vorax (type locality: 109800) |