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Zanclodon arenaceus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Zanclodon arenaceus was named by Fraas (1896). Its type specimen is SMNS 80737, a mandible (Mandibular fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Feuerbacher Heide, which is in a Carnian channel sandstone/sandstone in the Stuttgart Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Phytosaurus arenaceus by Charig (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Zanclodon arenaceus Fraas p. 18
1900Zanclodon arenaceus Fraas p. 512
1901Zanclodon arenaceus Nopcsa p. 198
1967Phytosaurus arenaceus Charig p. 709

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
genusZanclodon
speciesarenaceus

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.

†Zanclodon arenaceus Fraas 1896
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Zanclodon arenaceus (type locality: 97870)