Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Haramiyidae
Alternative combinations: Microlestes antiquus, Thomasia antigua
Synonyms: Haramiya fissurae Simpson 1928, Microcleptes fissurae Simpson 1928, Thomasia anglica Simpson 1928
Full reference: W. H. Plieninger. 1847. Zahne aus der oberen Grenzbreccie des Keupers bei Degerloch und Steinenbronn. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 3:164-167
Belongs to Thomasia according to P. M. Butler and G. T. Macintyre 1994
See also Clemens 1980, Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Hahn 1973, Huene 1940, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kuhn 1971, Owen 1871, Quenstedt 1861 and Simpson 1928
Sister taxa: Thomasia hahni, Thomasia moorei, Thomasia woutersi
Type specimens:
- Thomasia antiqua: Stuttgart Naturalienkabinet specimens, a set of teeth (two minute teeth). Its type locality is Schlösslesmühle bone bed, which is in a Rhaetian terrestrial horizon in the Exter Formation of Germany.
- Microcleptes fissurae: BMNH M2401a, a tooth (molar). Its type locality is Microlestes Quarry, Frome, which is in a Rhaetian fissure fill claystone/sandstone in the United Kingdom.
- Thomasia anglica: Bath Museum M219, a tooth (molar). Its type locality is Microlestes Quarry, Frome, which is in a Rhaetian fissure fill claystone/sandstone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of France (2 collections), Germany (3), Luxembourg (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 8 collections including 11 occurrences
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