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Scleromochlus taylori

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Scleromochlus taylori was named by Woodward (1907). Its type specimen is BMNH R3146, a partial skeleton, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Lossiemouth West & East Quarries, Elgin, which is in a Carnian/Norian dune sandstone/sandstone in the Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Scleromochlus taylori Woodward pp. 143-144 figs. 1-2
1913Scleromochlus taylori Broom p. 629
1922Scleromochlus taylori Huene p. 22
1967Scleromochlus taylori Charig p. 709
1970Scleromochlus taylori Swinton p. 119
1971Scleromochlus taylori Brodkorb p. 24
2014Scleromochlus taylori Headden and Campos

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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
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
Lagerpetidae()
genusScleromochlus
speciestaylori

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Scleromochlus taylori Woodward 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available