Scleromochlus
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Scleromochlus (from Greek: σκληρός sklērós, 'hard' and Greek: μοχλός mokhlós, 'lever') is an extinct genus of small pterosauromorph archosaurs from the Late Triassic Lossiemouth Sandstone of Scotland. The genus contains the type and only species Scleromochlus taylori, named by Arthur Smith Woodward in 1907.[1]
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Scleromochlus | |
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Cast of holotype specimen NHMUK R3556 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Ornithodira |
Clade: | †Pterosauromorpha |
Family: | †Scleromochlidae Huene, 1914 |
Genus: | †Scleromochlus Woodward, 1907 |
Species: | †S. taylori |
Binomial name | |
†Scleromochlus taylori Woodward, 1907 | |
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