Sclerostropheus

Sclerostropheus; Temporal range: Late Triassic,; late Norian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Family:	†Tanystropheidae
Genus:	†Sclerostropheus; Spiekman & Scheyer, 2019
Type species
	†Sclerostropheus fossai; Spiekman & Scheyer, 2019 (Wild 1980)
Synonyms
	Tanystropheus fossai Wild 1980;

Sclerostropheus is an extinct genus of tanystropheid archosauromorph from the Late Triassic of Italy. The type species is S. fossai, from the Argillite di Riva di Solto.

Discovery and naming

The holotype is MCSNB 4035 and it consists of four largely articulated cervical vertebrae and associated cervical ribs. It was recovered from the N-slope of the Canto Alto mountain near Poscante, Bergamo, Italy and was initially classified as a species of Tanystropheus by Wild (1980). Renesto & Dalla Vecchia (2000) also agreed that the species belonged to Tanystropheus.

Spiekman & Scheyer (2019) reclassified T. fossai by creating Schlerostropheus fossai.

References

1 2 3 Wild, R. (1980a). Neue Funde von Tanystropheus (Reptilia, Squamata). Schweizerische Palaontologische Abhandlungen, 102.
1 2 3 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, Silvio; Vecchia, Fabio M. Dalla (2000-09-25). "The unusual dentition and feeding habits of the prolacertiform reptile Langobardisaurus (Late Triassic, northern Italy)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (3): 622–627. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0622:TUDAFH]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 Wild, R. (1980a). Neue Funde von Tanystropheus (Reptilia, Squamata). Schweizerische Palaontologische Abhandlungen, 102.

[:1-2] 1 2 3 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.

[3] Wild, R. (1980b). Tanystropheus (Reptilia: Squamata) and its importance for stratigraphy. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, n. s., 139:201-206.

[4] Renesto, Silvio; Vecchia, Fabio M. Dalla (2000-09-25). "The unusual dentition and feeding habits of the prolacertiform reptile Langobardisaurus (Late Triassic, northern Italy)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (3): 622–627. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0622:TUDAFH]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.