Scleromochlus
genus of reptiles (fossil)
Scleromochlus is an extinct genus of small archosaur types from the Upper Triassic period.
The genus contains the type and only species Scleromochlus taylori. It was named by Arthur Smith Woodward in 1907.[1]
A 2022 tomographic scan of seven specimens suggests its true position was in the Pterosauromorpha, that is, it was a pterosaur relation.[2][3]
References
change- ↑ Woodward, A.S. (1907). "On a New Dinosaurian Reptile (Scleromochlus Taylori, gen. Et sp. Nov.) from the Trias of Lossiemouth, Elgin". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 63 (1–4): 140–144. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1907.063.01-04.12. S2CID 131522263.
- ↑ Foffa, Davide; Dunne, Emma M.; Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Butler, Richard J.; Fraser, Nicholas C.; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Farnsworth, Alexander; Lunt, Daniel J.; Valdes, Paul J.; Walsh, Stig; Barrett, Paul M. (2022). "Scleromochlus and the early evolution of Pterosauromorpha". Nature. 610 (7931): 313–318. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05284-x. PMID 36198797. S2CID 252737486.
- ↑ Gill, Victoria (6 October 2022). "Scottish fossil revealed to be pterodactyl ancestor". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 6 October 2022.