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Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis was named by Brown et al. (2011). Its type specimen is RSM P 1225.1, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North side of the Frenchman River Valley (SMNH), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Frenchman Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis Brown et al.
2013Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis Brown et al. p. 512
2018Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis Herne et al. p. 50
2018Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis Madzia et al. p. 972
2020Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis Dieudonné et al.
2020Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis Yang et al. p. 4

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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
genusThescelosaurus
speciesassiniboiensis

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.

†Thescelosaurus assiniboiensis Brown et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
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: 2005-08-25 05:59:26
Modified: 2005-08-25 07:59:26
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Peczkis 1995, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Thescelosaurus neglectus (type locality: 48628)