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Cyclotosaurus naraserluki

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae

Taxonomy
Cyclotosaurus naraserluki was named by Marzola et al. (2017). Its type specimen is MGUH.VP 9522, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Macknight Bjerg Quarry, which is in a Norian lacustrine - small claystone/sandstone in the Fleming Fjord Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Cyclotosaurus naraserluki Marzola et al. figs. 2-6

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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()
familyCyclotosauridaeShishkin 1964
genusCyclotosaurusFraas 1889
speciesnaraserluki

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.

†Cyclotosaurus naraserluki Marzola et al. 2017
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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: piscivoreg
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-01-03 21:13:41
Modified: 2009-01-03 23:13:41
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Greenland (East Greenland) Cyclotosaurus posthumus (type locality: 26995)