IRMNG - Ornatocephalus Weber, 2004 †

IRMNG_ID

1270592 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1270592)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scincoidea (awaiting allocation)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 561
page(s): 13 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Ornatocephalus Weber, 2004 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1270592 on 2025-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-04-28 22:00:00Z

created

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

[taxonomic tree]

original description Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 561
page(s): 13 [details]

basis of record Weber, 2004 (to be verified) [details]

basis of record Weber, S. (2004). Ornatocephalus metzleri gen. et spec. nov. (Lacertilia, Scincoidea) - taxonomy and paleobiology of a basal scincoid lizard from the Messel Formation (Middle Eocene: Basal Lutetian, Geiseltalium), Germany. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 561, 1-159, available online at http://www.schweizerbart.de/publications/detail/isbn/9783510613731/iOrnatocephalus_metzleri_i_gen_et_spec_nov__Lacertilia_Scincoida_Taxonomy_and_Paleobiology_of_a_basal_Scincoid_Lizard_from_the_Messel_Formation_Middle_Eocene_basal_Lutetian_Geiseltalium_Ge [details]

verified source for family original work/web search [details]

extant flag source original work/web search [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Family incertae sedis; Eocene [details]

Type species as cited Ornatocephalus metzleri [details]