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Osmakasaurus depressus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Camptosaurus depressus was named by Gilmore (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 4753 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Calico Canyon (USNM), which is in a Barremian terrestrial horizon in the Lakota Formation of South Dakota.

It was recombined as Osmakasaurus depressus by McDonald (2011), Zheng et al. (2013), Verdú et al. (2015), Fuentes Vidarte et al. (2016), Herne et al. (2019), Verdú et al. (2021) and Rotatori et al. (2022); it was recombined as Planicoxa depressus by Kirkland et al. (2016); it was misspelled as Planicoxa depressus by Galton (2009), Carpenter and Ishida (2010) and Diedrich (2011); it was recombined as Planicoxa depressa by Carpenter and Wilson (2008) and Ji and Zhang (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Camptosaurus depressus Gilmore pp. 292-295 figs. 45-47
1916Camptosaurus depressus Mook p. 147
1925Camptosaurus depressus Gilmore p. 393
1930Camptosaurus depressus Hay p. 205
1934Camptosaurus depressus Stromer p. 63
1964Camptosaurus depressus Kuhn p. 9
1979Camptosaurus depressus Galton and Jensen p. 3
1980Camptosaurus depressus Galton and Powell p. 438
1981Camptosaurus depressus Bartholomai and Molnar p. 343
1983Camptosaurus depressus Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44
1989Camptosaurus depressus Weishampel and Bjork p. 64
1990Camptosaurus depressus Norman and Weishampel p. 530
1994Camptosaurus depressus Chure et al. p. 304
2004Camptosaurus depressus Norman p. 415
2006Camptosaurus depressus Mateus p. 231
2006Camptosaurus depressus Pereda Suberbiola et al. p. 228
2008Planicoxa depressa Carpenter and Wilson pp. 257-258
2009Planicoxa depressus Galton p. 241
2010Planicoxa depressus Carpenter and Ishida p. 152
2011Camptosaurus depressus Diedrich p. 145
2011Osmakasaurus depressus McDonald pp. 61 - 64 fig. 8
2013Osmakasaurus depressus Zheng et al.
2015Osmakasaurus depressus Verdú et al. p. 256
2016Osmakasaurus depressus Fuentes Vidarte et al. p. 442
2016Planicoxa depressus Kirkland et al. p. 38
2019Osmakasaurus depressus Herne et al. p. 579
2021Osmakasaurus depressus Verdú et al. p. 4
2022Planicoxa depressa Ji and Zhang p. 6
2022Osmakasaurus depressus Rotatori et al. p. 150

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
Iguanodontia()
genusOsmakasaurus
speciesdepressus()

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.

Osmakasaurus depressus Gilmore 1909
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. T. McDonald 2011Basal styracosternan distinguished from all other iguanodontians by the following unique combination of characters: cranial end of preacetabular process of ilium modified into horizontal boot, straight dor- sal margin of ilium, dorsal margin of ilium thickens mediolaterally towards the M. iliocaudalis platform (Figs. 8A, B, E).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Barremian or 157.30000 to 125.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) Camptosaurus depressus (39253)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0USA (South Dakota) Camptosaurus depressus (47344 type locality: 47345)