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Sauravus

Amphibia - Scincosauridae

Taxonomy
Sauravus was named by Thevenin (1906). It is not extant. Its type is Sauravus costei.

It was assigned to Scincosauridae by Carroll (1988) and Carroll et al. (1998).

Species
S. cambrayi, S. costei (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Sauravus Thevenin
1988Sauravus Carroll
1998Sauravus Carroll et al. p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
Lepospondyli()
Nectridea()
familyScincosauridaeJaeckel 1909
genusSauravus

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.

G. †Sauravus Thevenin 1906
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Sauravus cambrayi Carroll et al. 1998
Sauravus costei Thevenin 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Stephanian B to the top of the Artinskian or 301.50000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stephanian B - Stephanian C301.5 - 300.4France (Bourgogne) S. costei (176090)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3France (Bourgogne) S. cambrayi (80777)