Reptilia - Loricata - Pholidosauridae
Synonym: Macrorhynchus Dunker 1843
Full reference: H. v. Meyer. 1841. Pholidosaurus Schaumburgensis , ein Saurus aus dem Sandstein der Wald-Formation Nord-Deutschlands. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie 1841:343-345
Parent taxon: Pholidosauridae according to R. Allain et al. 2022
See also Andrade et al. 2011, Bronzati et al. 2012, Carroll 1988, Delair 1958, Fiorelli and Calvo 2008, Fortier et al. 2011, Gasparini et al. 2006, Jouve et al. 2006, Jouve and Jalil 2020, Larsson and Sues 2007, Martin and Buffetaut 2012, Martin et al. 2010, Meyer 1845, Nascimento and Zaher 2011, Nopcsa 1928, Perrier 1928, Pol and Norell 2004, Sepkoski 2002, Sereno et al. 2003, von Zittel and Eastman 1902, Zaher et al. 2006 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Anglosuchus, Chalawan, Dakotasuchus, Meridiosaurus, Oceanosuchus, Petrosuchus, Sabinosuchus, Sarcosuchus, Terminonaris, Woodbinesuchus, Rhabdosaurus
Subtaxa: Pholidosaurus meyeri Pholidosaurus milwardi Pholidosaurus purbeckensis Pholidosaurus schaumburgensis
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), Germany (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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