| Description | Pholidosaurus is an extinct genus of neosuchian crocodylomorph. It is the type genus of the family Pholidosauridae. Fossils have been found in northwestern Germany. The genus is known to have existed during the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous. Fossil material found from the Annero and Jydegård Formations in Skåne, Sweden and on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, have been referred to as a mesoeucrocodylian, and possibly represent the genus Pholidosaurus.
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Pholidosauridae : Pholidosaurus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Pholidosauridae : Pholidosaurus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Pholidosaurus Meyer, 1841 |
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| Name Published In | N. Jahrb. f. Min., 1841 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Saurii | stated without evidence | Meyer, 1845 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Pholidosauridae | stated with evidence | von Zittel and Eastman, 1902 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Pholidosauridae | stated without evidence | Delair, 1958 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Pholidosauridae | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Crocodilia | second hand | Sepkoski, 2002 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Neosuchia | stated with evidence | Sereno et al., 2003 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Mesoeucrocodylia | stated without evidence | Pol and Norell, 2004 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Neosuchia | stated with evidence | Gasparini et al., 2006 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Neosuchia | stated without evidence | Zaher et al., 2006 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Pholidosauridae | stated with evidence | Jouve et al., 2006 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Neosuchia | stated without evidence | Fiorelli and Calvo, 2008 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Neosuchia | stated with evidence | Nascimento and Zaher, 2011 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Pholidosauridae | stated with evidence | Andrade et al., 2011 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Neosuchia | stated without evidence | Bronzati et al., 2012 | | Pholidosaurus | genus | belongs to Pholidosauridae | stated with evidence | Martin and Buffetaut, 2012 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 151 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 129 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous |
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| Environment | marine (based on Mesoeucrocodylia) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Pseudosuchia) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. v. Meyer. 1841. Pholidosaurus Schaumburgensis , ein Saurus aus dem Sandstein der Wald-Formation Nord-Deutschlands. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie 1841:343-345 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pholidosaurus |
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| Meyer H. v. Pholidosaurus Schaumburgensis , ein Saurus aus dem Sandstein der Wald-Formation Nord-Deutschlands, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie 1841, 343-345 |
| Meyer H. v. System der fossilen Saurier [Taxonomy of fossil saurians], Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1845, 278-285 |
| von Zittel K. A., Eastman C. R. (1902) , Text-Book of Palaeontology. Volume II. Macmillan and Company, Limited, London, viii-283 |
| Nopcsa B. F. (1928) The genera of reptiles, Palaeobiologica 1, 163-188 |
| Delair J. B. (1958) The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part one, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 79, 47-72 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
| Sereno P. C., Sidor C. A., et al (2003) A new notosuchian from the Early Cretaceous of Niger, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 2, 477-482 |
| Pol D., Norell M. A. (2004) A New Crocodyliform from Zos Canyon, Mongolia, American Museum Novitates 3445, 1-36 |
| Gasparini Z., Pol D., et al (2006) An unusual marine crocodyliform from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary of Patagonia, Science 311, 70-73 |
| Jouve S., Iarochene M., et al (2006) A new species of Dyrosaurus (Crocodylomorpha, Dyrosauridae) from the early Eocene of Morocco: phylogenetic implications, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148, 603-656 |
| Zaher H., Pol D., et al (2006) Redescription of the Cranial Morphology of Mariliasuchus amarali, and Its Phylogenetic Affinities (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia), American Museum Novitates 3512, 1-40 |
| Larsson H. C. E., Sues H.-D. (2007) Cranial osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Hamadasuchus rebouli (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Cretaceous of Morocco, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149, 533-567 |
| Fiorelli L., Calvo J. O. (2008) New remains of Notosuchus terrestris Woodward, 1896 (Crocodyliformes: Mesoeucrocodylia) from Late Cretaceous of Neuquen, Patagonia, Argentina, Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 66 1, 83-124 |
| Martin J. E., Rabi M., et al (2010) Survival of Theriosuchus (Mesoeucrocodylia: Atoposauridae) in a Late Cretaceous archipelago: a new species from the Maastrichtian of Romania, Naturwissenschaften 97, 845-854 doi:10.1007/s00114-010-0702-y |
| Andrade M. B. d., Edmonds R., et al (2011) A new Berriasian species of Goniopholis (Mesoeucrocodylia, Neosuchia) from England, and a review of the genus, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S66-S108 |
| Fortier D., Perea D., et al (2011) Redescription and phylogenetic relationships of Meridiosaurus vallisparadisi, a pholidosaurid from the Late Jurassic of Uruguay, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S257-S272 |
| Nascimento P. M., Zaher H. (2011) The skull of the Upper Cretaceous baurusuchid crocodile Baurusuchus alberoi Nascimento & Zaher 2010, and its phylogenetic affinities, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, S116-S131 |
| Bronzati M., Montefeltro F. C., et al (2012) A species-level supertree of Crocodyliformes, Historical Biology 24 6, 598-606 |
| Martin J. E., Buffetaut E. (2012) The maxillary depression of Pholidosauridae: an anatomical study, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 6, 1442-1446 |
| Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| N. Jahrb. f. Min., 1841 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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