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Turanoceratops tardabilis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Turanoceratops tardabilis was named by Nessov et al. (1989). Its type specimen is CCMGE No. 251/12457, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CBI-27, Dzharakuduk II, which is in a Turonian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.

It was considered a nomen dubium by You and Dodson (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Turanoceratops tardabilis Nessov et al.
1995Turanoceratops tardabilis Nessov pp. 54-55
1997Turanoceratops tardabilis Ryan p. 443
2000Turanoceratops tardabilis Sereno p. 492
2001Turanoceratops tardabilis Lambert et al. p. 5
2008Turanoceratops tardabilis Alifanov p. 622
2009Turanoceratops tardabilis Sues and Averianov p. 646
2010Turanoceratops tardabilis Longrich p. 692 fig. 10
2010Turanoceratops tardabilis Xu et al. p. 1631
2011Turanoceratops tardabilis Farke et al. p. 697
2013Turanoceratops tardabilis Loewen et al. p. 490
2013Turanoceratops tardabilis Longrich p. 51
2014Turanoceratops tardabilis Sues and Averianov p. 225
2015Turanoceratops tardabilis Sues and Averianov p. 50
2017Turanoceratops tardabilis Manabe et al. p. 31
2019Turanoceratops tardabilis Morschhauser et al. p. 135

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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()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Marginocephalia
—Ceratopsia()
infraorderNeoceratopsia
—Coronosauria
superfamilyCeratopsoidea
genusTuranoceratops
speciestardabilis

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.

†Turanoceratops tardabilis Nessov et al. 1989
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H.-D. Sues and A. Averianov 2009Differs from more derived ceratopsids in the presence of variably developed secondary ridges on the tooth crowns and only two or three teeth in each vertical dental file. Differs from Zuniceratops in the presence of double-rooted teeth and two or three teeth in each dental file. Differs from more basal neoceratopsians in the exclusion of the frontal from the orbital margin, presence of a shallow supracranial cavity complex, and double-rooted teeth.
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: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-15 11:08:09
Modified: 2005-09-15 13:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Norman and Weishampel 1991

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Turanoceratops tardabilis (58158 58161 58165 58167 58168 type locality: 58175)