Scleromochlus taylori 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

Belongs to Scleromochlus according to J. A. Headden and H. B. N. Campos 2014

See also Brodkorb 1971, Broom 1913, Charig 1967, Huene 1922, Swinton 1970 and Woodward 1907

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH R3146, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Lossiemouth West & East Quarries, Elgin, which is in a Carnian/Norian dune sandstone/sandstone in the Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: ground dwelling

Distribution: found only at Lossiemouth West & East Quarries, Elgin

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