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Stanocephalosaurus amenasensis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Paracyclotosauridae

Taxonomy
Stanocephalosaurus amenasensis was named by Dahoumane et al. (2016). It is not extant. Its type specimen is ZAR03, a skull. Its type locality is South of "La Reculée", which is in a Triassic/Triassic terrestrial sandstone in Algeria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Stanocephalosaurus amenasensis 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
speciesamenasensis

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 amenasensis Dahoumane et al. 2016
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Triassic to the top of the Middle Triassic or 251.90200 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic - Middle Triassic251.902 - 237.0Algeria (In Amenas) Stanocephalosaurus amenasensis (type locality: 196663)