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Saurillus obtusus

Reptilia - Paramacellodidae

Taxonomy
Saurillus obtusus was named by Owen (1855). Its type specimen is BMNH R8135 (neotype [Hoffstetter 1967]), a mandible (right mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Feather Bed, Durlston Bay (DB 108), which is in a Berriasian terrestrial horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was synonymized subjectively with Macellodus brodiei by Delair (1958).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Saurillus obtusus Owen
1861Saurillus obtusus Owen p. 307
1967Saurillus obtusus Hoffstetter p. 356
1975Saurillus obtusus Seiffert p. 25
1983Saurillus obtusus Estes p. 121 fig. 29a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
superfamilyScincoideaOppel 1811
familyParamacellodidae
genusSaurillusOwen 1855
speciesobtususOwen 1855

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.

Saurillus obtusus Owen 1855
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 157.30000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) Saurillus obtusus (24563)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Saurillus obtusus (type locality: 118383)