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Trilophosaurus
Taxonomy
Trilophosaurus was named by Case (1928). It is the type genus of Trilophosauridae.
It was assigned to Procolophonidae by Hay (1930); to Archosauromorpha by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Archosauromorpha by Benton (1990) and Irmis (2005); to Trilophosauridae by Olson (1960), Kuhn (1966), Benton (1985), Carroll (1988), Murry (1989), Lucas and Hunt (1990), Long and Murry (1995), Heckert et al. (2006), Mueller and Parker (2006), Spielmann et al. (2007) and Spielmann et al. (2008); and to Allokotosauria by Ezcurra (2016).
It was assigned to Procolophonidae by Hay (1930); to Archosauromorpha by Gauthier et al. (1989); to Archosauromorpha by Benton (1990) and Irmis (2005); to Trilophosauridae by Olson (1960), Kuhn (1966), Benton (1985), Carroll (1988), Murry (1989), Lucas and Hunt (1990), Long and Murry (1995), Heckert et al. (2006), Mueller and Parker (2006), Spielmann et al. (2007) and Spielmann et al. (2008); and to Allokotosauria by Ezcurra (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1928 | Trilophosaurus Case |
| 1930 | Trilophosaurus Hay p. 36 |
| 1960 | Trilophosaurus Olson p. 555 |
| 1966 | Trilophosaurus Kuhn p. 19 |
| 1985 | Trilophosaurus Benton p. 154 |
| 1988 | Trilophosaurus Carroll |
| 1989 | Trilophosaurus Gauthier et al. p. 345 |
| 1989 | Trilophosaurus Murry p. 274 |
| 1990 | Trilophosaurus Benton p. 13 |
| 1990 | Trilophosaurus Lucas and Hunt p. 93 |
| 1993 | Chinleogomphius Sues and Olsen |
| 1995 | Trilophosaurus Long and Murry |
| 2005 | Trilophosaurus Irmis p. 70 |
| 2006 | Trilophosaurus Heckert et al. |
| 2006 | Trilophosaurus Mueller and Parker |
| 2007 | Trilophosaurus Spielmann et al. |
| 2008 | Trilophosaurus Spielmann et al. |
| 2016 | Trilophosaurus Ezcurra |
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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.
G. †Trilophosaurus Case 1928
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†Trilophosaurus buettneri Case 1928
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Invalid names: Malerisaurus langstoni Chatterjee 1986 [synonym]
†Trilophosaurus jacobsi Murry 1987
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Invalid names: Trilophosaurus dornorum Mueller and Parker 2006 [synonym]
†Trilophosaurus phasmalophos Kligman et al. 2020
Invalid names: Chinleogomphius Sues and Olsen 1993 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Carnian | USA (Texas) | T. sp. (84271) | |
| Carnian - Norian | USA (Texas) | Malerisaurus langstoni, T. buettneri (22704) T. buettneri, Malerisaurus langstoni, T. sp. (12942) T. sp. (22706 22707 94492 98605) | |
| Norian | USA (New Mexico) | T. jacobsi (55248) | |
| Norian | USA (Arizona) | Coelophysis sp. (58107) T. buettneri (48547) T. dornorum (88329) T. jacobsi (92850) T. phasmalophos (57686) T. sp., T. jacobsi (39160) | |
| Norian | USA (Texas) | T. buettneri (84269 94493) T. jacobsi, T. sp. (13266) T. sp., T. buettneri, T. dornorum (218126) T. sp., T. crosbyensis (48424) T. sp., T. dornorum, Protorosauria indet. (13273) |