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Stanocephalosaurus pronus
Taxonomy
Parotosaurus pronus was named by Howie (1970). Its type specimen is UMZC T.288, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B9, west of Mkongoleko, which is in an Anisian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Manda Beds Formation of Tanzania.
It was recombined as Eryosuchus pronus by Damiani (2001); it was recombined as Stanocephalosaurus pronus by Peecook et al. (2018).
It was recombined as Eryosuchus pronus by Damiani (2001); it was recombined as Stanocephalosaurus pronus by Peecook et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1970 | Parotosaurus pronus Howie |
| 2001 | Eryosuchus pronus Damiani p. 406 |
| 2018 | Stanocephalosaurus pronus Peecook et al. p. 146 |
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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.
†Stanocephalosaurus pronus Howie 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Anisian | Zambia (Eastern) | Eryosuchus pronus (99437) | |
| Anisian | Tanzania (Ruvuma) | Parotosaurus pronus (185533) Temnospondyli indet. (105297) |