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Paramacellodus

Osteichthyes - Paramacellodidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Paramacellodus Hoffstetter p. 353 figs. 2-3
1980Paramacellodus Prothero and Estes
1983Paramacellodus Estes
1988Paramacellodus Carroll
1996Paramacellodus Broschinksi and Sigogneau-Russell p. 19
1998Paramacellodus Evans and Chure
2022Paramacellodus Allain et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
superfamilyScincoideaOppel 1811
familyParamacellodidae
genusParamacellodus

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.

G. †Paramacellodus Hoffstetter 1967
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†Paramacellodus keebleri Nydam and Cifelli 2002
†Paramacellodus marocensis Richter 1994
†Paramacellodus oweni Hoffstetter 1967
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Invalid names: Becklesisaurus scincoides Hoffstetter 1967 [synonym]
†Paramacellodus sinuosus Richter 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Albian or 168.20000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (Scotland) P. oweni (139746)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2USA (Utah) P. oweni (137198 137199)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Lacertilia indet. (49636) P. sp. (12816 39431)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06USA (Colorado) P. sp. (71476)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Utah) P. oweni (57913)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (39426)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Colorado) P. sp. (53040 58811)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Morocco (Oriental) P. marocensis (45726)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian143.1 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Lacertilia indet. (28401) P. sp. (28995)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05France (Poitou-Charentes) P. sp. (142093)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1United Kingdom (England) Becklesisaurus scincoides, P. oweni (72142) P. sp. (52312)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Aragón) P. sp. (36368)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Cuenca) P. sinuosus (61319)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Kemerovo) Paramacellodidae indet. (39680)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) P. keebleri (137567)
Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian110.1 - 93.9USA (Montana) P. keebleri (14382)