Genus: Scleromochlus WOODWARD, 1907
Etymology: Hard furculum.
= Schlermochlus GLUT, 1972 (sic)
= Sclermochlus GLUT, 1972 (sic)

Species: taylori WOODWARD, 1907
Etymology: In honor of William Taylor, who first purchased the part and counterpart slab.

Holotype: BMNH R3556

Locality: Elgin, Morayshire, Grampian Province, Scotland, Northern United Kingdom.

Horizon: Lossiemouth Sandstone Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Carnian-Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Fragmentary skull and fragmentary skeleton.

Referred material:

BMNH R3146A, B: Two specimens, part and counterpart, of fragmentary skulls and fragmentary skeletons.
Note: Possible thin scutes or horny scales (BENTON, 1999).

BMNH R3557: Part and counterpart, fragmentary skull, caudal vertebrae, chevrons, ilium, distal end of ischium, pubis, distal end of left femur, left tibia fibula, proximal ends of metacarpals, calcanum.
Note: Possible thin scutes or horny scales (BENTON, 1999).

BMNH R3914: Part and counterpart, showing the anterior part of a skeleton and skull.

BMNH R4823, BMNH R4824: Part and counterpart, showing the anterior end, showing a partial skeleton, lacking the skull.
Note: Possible thin scutes or horny scales (BENTON, 1999).

BMNH R5589: Partial skeleton and skull.

Collected by Taylor.

Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull, scapula coracoid, humerus radius and ulna, dorsal vertebrae, ribs, pubis, anterior ends of 4 metatarsals.

 

FRASER, 1988

Locality: Karstic fissures in Dinatian limestone, Slickstones (Cromhall) Quarry, Avon, (ST 704916), South Gloucestershire County, England.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Carnian-Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

AUP 11314: Left squamosal.

Number: Not given: Fragmentary skull, scapula, humeri, femora and tibia.

 


Locality: Pant-y-ffynnon Quarry, South Glamorgan, South Wales County, Wales, Southern United Kingdom.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Norian-Late Rhaetian, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Squamosal.

 


Locality: Ruthin Quarry, South Glamorgan, South Wales County, Wales.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Triassic.

Material:

Number: Not given: Fragment of a scapula.