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Sclerosaurus armatus

Reptilia - Procolophonidae

Taxonomy
Sclerosaurus armatus was named by von Meyer (1857). Its type specimen is a specimen in the collections of the Geologisches Institut of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, a partial skeleton (postcrania only), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Warmbach near Rheinfelden, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone in the Plattensandstein/Rötton Formation of Germany.

Synonyms
  • Labyrinthodon ruetimeyeri was named by Wiedersheim (1878) [original spelling of the specific epithet is "rütimeyeri" ]. Its type specimen is NMB Bs.28, a skeleton (nearly complete), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Riehen, Wiedersheim 1878, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian terrestrial sandstone in the ? Plattensandstein Formation of Switzerland.

    It was recombined as Aristodesmus ruetimeyeri by Seeley (1895); it was synonymized subjectively with Sclerosaurus armatus by Colbert (1946) and Sues and Reisz (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Sclerosaurus armatus von Meyer p. 136
1878Labyrinthodon ruetimeyeri Wiedersheim p. 1 figs. Pl. 1-3
1895Aristodesmus ruetimeyeri Seeley pp. 167, 168
1946Sclerosaurus armatus Colbert p. 259
1971Sclerosaurus armatus Kuhn p. 9
2008Sclerosaurus armatus Sues and Reisz p. 1032

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
superfamilyProcolophonoidea
familyProcolophonidae
subfamilyLeptopleuroninaeIvakhnenko 1979
genusSclerosaurusvon Meyer 1857
speciesarmatusvon Meyer 1857

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.

Sclerosaurus armatus von Meyer 1857
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Invalid names: Labyrinthodon ruetimeyeri Wiedersheim 1878 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-03 20:53:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:53:15
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Sclerosaurus armatus (type locality: 85939)
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Switzerland (Basel-Stadt) Labyrinthodon ruetimeyeri (85940)