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Parotosuchus nasutus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Capitosaurus nasutus was named by Meyer (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Merkel's Quarry (lower), Bernburg, which is in a Spathian terrestrial sandstone in the Solling Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Parotosaurus nasutus by Jaekel (1922), Welles and Cosgriff (1965), Kuhn (1971); it was recombined as Archotosaurus nasutus by Paton (1976); it was recombined as Parotosuchus nasutus by Ingavat and Janvier (1981), Damiani (2001).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Capitosaurus fronto Meyer
1858Capitosaurus nasutus Meyer
1922Parotosaurus nasutus Jaekel
1935Mastodonsaurus weigelti Wagner
1965Parotosaurus nasutus Welles and Cosgriff p. 48
1971Parotosaurus nasutus Kuhn p. 6
1976Archotosaurus nasutus Paton p. 415
1981Parotosuchus nasutus Ingavat and Janvier p. 718 fig. 6
2001Parotosuchus nasutus Damiani p. 419

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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()
genusParotosuchusOchev and Shishkin 1968
speciesnasutus(Meyer 1858)

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.

†Parotosuchus nasutus Meyer 1858
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Invalid names: Capitosaurus fronto Meyer 1858 [synonym], Mastodonsaurus weigelti Wagner 1935 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

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 - 246.7Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Capitosaurus nasutus (type locality: 196668)