Scleromochlus Woodward 1907 (ornithodiran)

Reptilia - Lagerpetidae - Lagerpetidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1907. On a new dinosaurian reptile (Scleromochlus taylori, gen. et sp. nov.) from the Trias of Lossiemouth, Elgin. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 63:140-144

Parent taxon: Lagerpetidae according to R. T. Müller et al. 2023

See also Benton 1999, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Headden and Campos 2014, Huene 1922, Huene 1942, Kuhn 1966, Novas 1996, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Romer 1972, Sereno 1991, Swinton 1970, Watson 1917 and Woodward 1907

Sister taxa: Dromomeron, Faxinalipterus, Ixalerpeton, Kongonaphon, Lagerpeton, Venetoraptor

Subtaxa: Scleromochlus taylori

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Ecology: ground dwelling

Distribution: found only at Lossiemouth West & East Quarries, Elgin (Triassic of the United Kingdom)

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