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Scutosaurus

Reptilia - Pareiasauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Scutosaurus Hartmann-Weinberg pp. 48, 49
1937Proelginia Hartmann-Weinberg pp. 691, 709 figs. Pls. X-XIII
1940Scutosaurus Efremov p. 107
1988Scutosaurus Carroll
1997Scutosaurus Lee p. 271
2000Scutosaurus Lee p. 76
2008Proelginia Ivakhnenko p. 78
2008Scutosaurus Ivakhnenko p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
—Procolophonomorpha()
—Procolophonia()
—Hallucicrania
superfamilyPareiasauroideaNopsca 1928
—Pareiasauria()
familyPareiasauridaeLydekker 1889
genusScutosaurus

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. †Scutosaurus Hartmann-Weinberg 1930
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†Scutosaurus karpinskii Amalitzky 1922
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Invalid names: Pareiosaurus elegans Amalitzky 1922 [synonym], Pareiosaurus horridus Amalitzky 1922 [synonym], Pareiosaurus tuberculatus Amalitzky 1922 [synonym], Proelginia permiana Hartmann-Weinberg 1937 [synonym], Scutosaurus itelensis Ivakhnenko 1987 [synonym]
Invalid names: Proelginia Hartmann-Weinberg 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. S. Y. Lee 2000as for the type and only species [S. karpinskii]
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:32:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983

Age range: Late/Upper Severodvinian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Tatarstan) Proelginia permiana (80712)
Late/Upper Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Orenburg) Proelginia permiana (189501 189505)
Late/Upper Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Vologda) Proelginia sp. (233448)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Arkhangelsk) Pareiosaurus karpinskii, Pareiosaurus elegans, Pareiosaurus horridus, Pareiosaurus tuberculatus, S. karpinskii, S. tuberculatus (28065) S. karpinskii (27952)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) S. sp. (93027)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Vladimir) S. sp. (93026)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Vologda) S. tuberculatus (187939)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Early/Lower Vyatkian264.28 - 254.14Russian Federation (Tatarstan) S. sp. (28855)