Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Sauroctonus parringtoni

Gorgonopidae

Discussion

Holotype formerly numbered as IGP U 28

Taxonomy
Scymnognathus parringtoni was named by Huene (1950). Its type specimen is GPIT/RE/7113, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Usili mountain, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial horizon in the Usili Formation of Tanzania.

It was recombined as Aelurognathus parringtoni by Sigogneau (1970) and Sigogneau-Russell (1989); it was recombined as Sauroctonus parringtoni by Gebauer (2007) and Gebauer (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Scymnognathus parringtoni Huene
1970Aelurognathus parringtoni Sigogneau
1989Aelurognathus parringtoni Sigogneau-Russell
2007Sauroctonus parringtoni Gebauer
2014Sauroctonus parringtoni Gebauer

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
suborderGorgonopsia
familyGorgonopidae(Lydekker 1890)
subfamilyScylacopinaeWatson and Romer 1956
genusSauroctonusBystrow 1955
speciesparringtoni()

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.

show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:34:07
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:34:07
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Tanzania (Ruvuma) Scymnognathus parringtoni (type locality: 190735)