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Tetraceratops insignis

Taxonomy
Tetraceratops insignis was named by Matthew (1908). Its type specimen is AMNH 4526, a partial skull (fairly complete skull with one ramus of the lower jaw complete), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Tetraceratops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Tetraceratops insignis Matthew p. 183 fig. unnumbered
1930Tetraceratops insignis Hay p. 56
1940Tetraceratops insignis Romer and Price pp. 18, 258
1986Tetraceratops insignis Reisz p. 84
1996Tetraceratops insignis Laurin and Reisz p. 95 figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
genusTetraceratops
speciesinsignis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tetraceratops insignis Matthew 1908
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Diagnosis
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