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Stanocephalosaurus birdi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Paracyclotosauridae

Taxonomy
Stanocephalosaurus birdi was named by Brown (1933). Its type specimen is AMNH 3029, a partial skull (Natural mold of palate and impression of part of pterygoid region of skull), and it is an impression. Its type locality is Highway 87, mile marker 333, SW Winslow, which is in a Spathian terrestrial sandstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona.

It was recombined as Parotosaurus birdi by Welles and Cosgriff (1965); it was considered a nomen dubium by Damiani (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Stanocephalosaurus birdi Brown p. 1
1965Parotosaurus birdi Welles and Cosgriff
2000Stanocephalosaurus birdi Schoch and Milner p. 146
2016Stanocephalosaurus birdi Dahoumane 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()
familyParacyclotosauridaeOchev 1966
genusStanocephalosaurus
speciesbirdi

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Arizona) Stanocephalosaurus birdi (type locality: 95077)