Sclerocephalus bavaricus, (BRANCO, 1887)

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scientific name	Sclerocephalus bavaricus
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1847 Weissia bavarica ; Branco, pp. 22–28, pl. 1.

1889 Sclerocephalus bavaricus ; Ammon, p. 92, pl. 5, fig. 1.

1889 Macromerion guembeli ; Ammon, pp. 94–100, pl. 4, fig. 2A–E.

1988 Sclerocephalus bavaricus ; Boy, p. 128, fig. 2H.

2000 Sclerocephalus bavaricus ; Schoch & Milner, p. 52, fig. 43.

Type: MB.Am.442, an excellent skull in dorsal view (skull length 180 mm) ( Fig. 5E View Figure 5 ) .

Type locality: Ohmbach , near Altenglan, Rheinland- Pfalz, Germany ( Fig. 1A View Figure 1 ) .

Type horizon: Ohmbach Carbonate Unit, Altenglan Formation, Autunian (Lower Rotliegend),?Upper Carboniferous (Gzhulfian) ( Fig. 1B View Figure 1 ).

Diagnosis: Autapomorphies, as contrasted with other Sclerocephalus species.

1. Internarial distance narrower than in other species.

2. Carinate marginal teeth (based on Macromerion guembeli Ammon, 1889 , see Boy, 1988).

1992 Sclerocephalus jogischneideri ; Werneburg, p. 109, figs 1–11.

2000 Sclerocephalus jogischneideri ; Schoch & Milner, p. 50, figs 42, 43.

Type: FG 321/1/129, a complete skull prepared from both sides (skull length 119 mm) ( Fig. 5D View Figure 5 ).

Type locality: Road-cut uphill of Gottlob quarry, Friedrichroda, Thuringia, Germany .

Type horizon: Upper Oberhof Beds, Oberhof Formation, Autunian (Lower Rotliegend), lower Permian (Asselian).

Diagnosis: Autapomorphies, as contrasted with other Sclerocephalus species.

1. Basipterygoid region fully ossified, but not sutured with parasphenoid.

2. Orbits relatively small, combined with moderately wide interorbital distance (interorbital width/skull length: 0.2).

MB	Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocage