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Thescelosaurus garbanii

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Thescelosaurus garbanii was named by Morris (1976). Its type specimen is LACM 33542, a set of limb elements, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is LACM V3152, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

It was synonymized subjectively with Bugenasaura infernalis by Galton (1995) and Norman et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Thescelosaurus garbanii Morris p. 100
1990Thescelosaurus garbanii Sues and Norman p. 500
2009Thescelosaurus garbanii Boyd et al. p. 764
2013Thescelosaurus garbanii Brown et al. p. 502
2022Thescelosaurus garbanii Rotatori et al. p. 144

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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
speciesgarbanii

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 garbanii Morris 1976
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. A. Boyd et al. 2009Autapomorphy of species: calcaneum excluded from midtarsal joint by laterally expanded astragalus.
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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

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 - 66.0USA (Montana) Thescelosaurus garbanii (type locality: 48622)