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Poposaurus langstoni
Taxonomy
Lythrosuchus langstoni was named by Long and Murry (1995). Its type specimen is TMM 31025-12, a set of postcrania (Ilium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Otis Chalk Quarry 1, SMU Loc. 122, TMM 31025, which is in a Carnian/Norian crevasse splay mudstone/mudstone in the Colorado City Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Lythrosuchus.
It was recombined as Poposaurus langstoni by Weinbaum and Hungerbühler (2007).
It was recombined as Poposaurus langstoni by Weinbaum and Hungerbühler (2007).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1995 | Lythrosuchus langstoni Long and Murry p. 148 figs. 157-159 |
2007 | Poposaurus langstoni Weinbaum and Hungerbühler |
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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.
†Poposaurus langstoni Long and Murry 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988 |