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Sauroplites scutiger

Reptilia - Nodosauridae

Taxonomy
Sauroplites scutiger was named by Bohlin (1953) [casts of some material as AMNH 2074; no catalogue number provided for holotype.]. Its type specimen is PIN uncat. (ribs, ?ischium, osteoderms) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tebch (SSE), which is in an Aptian terrestrial sandstone in China. It is the type species of Sauroplites.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Dong (1992); it was considered a nomen dubium by Vickaryous et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Sauroplites scutiger Bohlin p. 19
1964Sauroplites scutiger Kuhn p. 51
1977Sauroplites scutiger Maryanska p. 98
1994Sauroplites scutiger Eberth et al. p. 2103
1997Sauroplites scutiger Mateer p. 662
2000Sauroplites scutiger Ford p. 176
2016Sauroplites scutiger Arbour and Currie p. 394

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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
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Thyreophora()
Ankylosauria()
familyNodosauridae
genusSauroplites
speciesscutiger

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.

Sauroplites scutiger Bohlin 1953
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016Uniquely amongst ankylosaurs, pelvic shield composed of co-ossified osteoderm rosettes, in which the large central osteoderms of each rosette are sep- arated by only a single ring of smaller osteoderms.
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: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Nei Mongol) Sauroplites scutiger (type locality: 49343)