Sphenosaurus

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Sphenosaurus
Temporal range:
Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Parareptilia
Order: Procolophonomorpha
Family: Procolophonidae
Genus: Sphenosaurus
von Meyer
, 1847
Species:
S. sternbergii
Binomial name
Sphenosaurus sternbergii
von Meyer, 1847
Synonyms

Sphenosaurus is a poorly known

Hermann von Meyer recognized the original 1833 and 1836 usages of Palaeosaurus[4] and moved P. sternbergii to a new genus, Sphenosaurus.[5]

References

  1. ^ F. A. Quenstedt. (1882). Handbook of Fossils viii-1239
  2. ^ The story of Palaeosaurus and Thecodontosaurus from The Bristol Dinosaur Project
  3. ^ A series of posts to the Dinosaur Mailing List by George Olshevsky, regarding the history of Palaeosaurus, including Sphenosaurus: 1 2 3 4
  4. ^ Riley, H.; S. Stutchbury (1836). "A description of various fossil remains of three distinct saurian animals discovered in the autumn of 1834, in the Magnesian Conglomerate on Durdham Down, near Bristol". Proceedings of the Geological Society of London. 2: 397–399.
  5. H. v. Meyer
    . (1855). The Fauna of the Ancient World. The Saurians of the Muschelkalk with Regard to the Saurians of the Buntem Sandstone and Keuper viii-167