Sclerostropheus
| Sclerostropheus Temporal range: Late Triassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Family: | †Tanystropheidae |
| Genus: | † Spiekman & Scheyer, 2019 |
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| †Sclerostropheus fossai Spiekman & Scheyer, 2019 (Wild 1980)
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Sclerostropheus is an extinct genus of tanystropheid archosauromorph from the Late Triassic of Italy.[1] The type species is S. fossai.[2]
Discovery and naming
The holotype is MCSNB 4035 and it consists of four largely articulated cervical vertebrae and associated cervical ribs.[1][2] It was recovered from the N-slope of the Canto Alto mountain near Poscante, Bergamo, Italy[3] and was initially classified as a species of Tanystropheus by Wild (1980).[1] Renesto & Dalla Vecchia (2000) also agreed that the species belonged to Tanystropheus.[4]
Spiekman & Scheyer (2019) reclassified T. fossai by creating Schlerostropheus fossai.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Wild, R. (1980a). Neue Funde von Tanystropheus (Reptilia, Squamata). Schweizerische Palaontologische Abhandlungen, 102.
- ^ a b c Spiekman, Stephan N. F.; Scheyer, Torsten M. (2019-12-16). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Tanystropheus (Archosauromorpha, Tanystropheidae)". Palaeontologia Electronica. 22 (3): 1–46. doi:10.26879/1038. ISSN 1094-8074. S2CID 211105850.
- ^ Wild, R. (1980b). Tanystropheus (Reptilia: Squamata) and its importance for stratigraphy. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, n. s., 139:201-206.
- ^ Renesto, S. and Dalla Vecchia, F.M. (2000). The unusual dentition and feeding habits of the prolacertiform reptile Langobardisaurus (Late Triassic, Northern Italy). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 20(3):622-627. https://doi.org/10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0622:tudafh]2.0.co;2
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