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Sarcolestes

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Sarcolestes Lydekker p. 286 figs. Pl. 11
1901Sarcolestes Nopcsa p. 215
1909Sarcolestes Huene p. 17
1911Sarcolestes von Zittel p. 295
1928Sarcolestes Nopcsa p. 185
1929Sarcolestes Nopcsa p. 70
1966Sarcolestes Kuhn p. 105
1967Sarcolestes Charig p. 715
1970Sarcolestes Swinton p. 244
1980Sarcolestes Galton pp. 827, 831-832
1983Sarcolestes Galton p. 6
1985Sarcolestes Galton p. 251
1988Sarcolestes Carroll
1988Sarcolestes Martill p. 182
1994Sarcolestes Galton p. 726
1997Sarcolestes Sereno p. 440 fig. 2
1997Sarcolestes Smith p. 509
1998Sarcolestes Sereno p. 67 fig. 5
2000Sarcolestes Ford p. 175
2004Sarcolestes Vickaryous et al. p. 367
2008Sarcolestes Naish and Martill p. 615
2014Sarcolestes Blows and Honeysett p. 835
2019Sarcolestes Galton p. 214

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Thyreophora()
Ankylosauria()
genusSarcolestes

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. †Sarcolestes Lydekker 1893
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Sarcolestes leedsi Lydekker 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Middle Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (England) S. leedsi (47362 47625)