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Cyclotosaurus robustus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae

Taxonomy
Capitosaurus robustus was named by Meyer and Plieninger (1844). Its type specimen is GPIT 27-1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Feuerbacher Heide, which is in a Carnian channel sandstone/sandstone in the Stuttgart Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Cyclotosaurus robustus by Fraas (1889), Welles and Cosgriff (1965), Kuhn (1971), Ingavat and Janvier (1981), Schoch and Milner (2000), Damiani (2001), Schoch (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Capitosaurus robustus Meyer and Plieninger
1850Mastodonsaurus cyclotis Quenstadt
1850Mastodonsaurus robustus Quenstadt
1889Cyclotosaurus robustus Fraas
1965Cyclotosaurus robustus Welles and Cosgriff p. 35
1971Cyclotosaurus robustus Kuhn p. 7
1981Cyclotosaurus robustus Ingavat and Janvier p. 718 fig. 6
2000Cyclotosaurus robustus Schoch and Milner
2001Cyclotosaurus robustus Damiani p. 404
2013Cyclotosaurus robustus Schoch

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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
speciesrobustus(Meyer and Plieninger 1844)

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 robustus Meyer and Plieninger 1844
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Invalid names: Mastodonsaurus cyclotis Quenstadt 1850 [objective synonym], Mastodonsaurus robustus Quenstadt 1850 [synonym]
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, Uhen 2004, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Capitosaurus robustus (type locality: 97870) Cyclotosaurus robustus (106460)