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Paramacellodus oweni

Reptilia - Paramacellodidae

Taxonomy
Paramacellodus oweni was named by Hoffstetter (1967). Its type specimen is BMNH R8131-R8132, a mandible (part and counterpart of a right mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Paramacellodus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Becklesisaurus scincoides Hoffstetter
1967Paramacellodus oweni Hoffstetter p. 353 figs. 2-3
1967Becklesisaurus scincoides Hoffstetter p. 360
1975Becklesisaurus scincoides Seiffert p. 20
1983Paramacellodus oweni Estes p. 115 figs. 28a-f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
superfamilyScincoideaOppel 1811
familyParamacellodidae
genusParamacellodus
speciesoweni

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.

†Paramacellodus oweni Hoffstetter 1967
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Invalid names: Becklesisaurus scincoides Hoffstetter 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 168.30000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (Scotland) Paramacellodus oweni (139746)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1USA (Utah) Paramacellodus oweni (137198 137199)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Utah) Paramacellodus oweni (57913)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Becklesisaurus scincoides, Paramacellodus oweni (type locality: 72142)