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Cyclotosaurus buechneri

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae

Taxonomy
Cyclotosaurus buechneri was named by Witzmann et al. (2016) [ A species within Cyclotosaurus with the following unique combination of characters: (1) orbitae medially placed with short interorbital distance (shared with C. robustus); (2) region lateral to orbitae only slightly wider than width of orbitae (shared with C. posthumus, C. ebrachensis, C. intermedius, and C. mordax); (3) postorbital skull region slender (shared with C. ebrachensis); (4) preorbital projection of jugal shorter than half the length of snout (shared with C. mordax, C. ebrachensis, C. intermedius, C. posthumus, and C. hemprichi, but dissimilar to C. robustus).]. Its type specimen is Namu ES/k 36053, a partial skeleton (Almost complete cranium in dorsal view, embedded in sandstone with the palate and occiput obscured), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cyclotosaurus buechneri type locality, which is in a Carnian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Stuttgart Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Cyclotosaurus buechneri Witzmann et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
Capitosauroidea()
familyCyclotosauridaeShishkin 1964
genusCyclotosaurusFraas 1889
speciesbuechneri

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Cyclotosaurus buechneri Witzmann et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available