| Sclerostropheus Temporal range: Late Triassic, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Family: | † Tanystropheidae |
| Genus: | † Sclerostropheus Spiekman & Scheyer, 2019 |
| Type species | |
| †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]
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]
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