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Eocyclotosaurus woschmidti

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Eocyclotosaurus woschmidti was named by Ortlam (1970). Its type specimen is SMNS 51562, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kössig quarry, Rotfelden, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian terrestrial sandstone in the Röt Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Stenotosaurus woschmidti by Ingavat and Janvier (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Eocyclotosaurus woschmidti Ortlam
1971Eocyclotosaurus woschmidti Kuhn p. 7
1981Stenotosaurus woschmidti Ingavat and Janvier p. 718 fig. 6
2001Eocyclotosaurus woschmidti Damiani p. 393

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
—Superstes
—Capitosauria
—Capitosauroidea()
genusEocyclotosaurusOrtlam 1970
specieswoschmidtiOrtlam 1970

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: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aegean to the top of the Bithynian or 246.70000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24Germany (Baden-Württeberg) Eocyclotosaurus woschmidti (134506)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Eocyclotosaurus woschmidti (type locality: 134304)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Eocyclotosaurus woschmidti (196848)