Zanclodon

Zanclodon; Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauromorpha
Clade:	Archosauriformes
Clade:	Archosauria
Genus:	†Zanclodon; Plieninger, 1847
Type species
	†Zanclodon laevis; (Plieninger, 1846)
Synonyms
	Plateosaurus plieningeri (Fraas, 1896); Smilodon laevis Plieninger, 1846 (preoccupied); Zanclodon plieningeri Fraas, 1896;

Zanclodon ("scythe tooth") is an extinct genus of archosauriform from the Erfurt Formation^[1] in southern Germany.^[2] It was once a wastebasket taxon until a taxonomic revision by Schoch (2011) left only the paratype (SMNS 6045) within Zanclodon laevis proper.^[3] The type species is Z. laevis.

^ Hagdorn, H. & Mutter, R.J. (2011). The vertebrate fauna of the Lower Keuper Albertibank (Erfurt Formation, Middle Triassic) in the vicinity of Schwäbisch Hall (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Palaeodiversity 4: 223–243.
^ PaleoBiology Database: Zanclodon, basic info
^ Schoch, R.R. (2011). New archosauriform remains from the German Lower Keuper. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 260: 87–100. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2011/0133.

[1] Hagdorn, H. & Mutter, R.J. (2011). The vertebrate fauna of the Lower Keuper Albertibank (Erfurt Formation, Middle Triassic) in the vicinity of Schwäbisch Hall (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Palaeodiversity 4: 223–243.

[2] PaleoBiology Database: Zanclodon, basic info

[:0-3] Schoch, R.R. (2011). New archosauriform remains from the German Lower Keuper. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 260: 87–100. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2011/0133.

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