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Metatetrapous
Taxonomy
Metatetrapous was named by Ballerstedt (1922). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Metatetrapous valdense.
It was assigned to Stegosauria by Kuhn (1958); to Ornithopoda by Kuhn (1963); to Ornithischia by Haubold (1971) and Haubold (1974); to Ankylosauria by Avanzini et al. (2001), McCrea et al. (2001) and Romero Molina et al. (2003); and to Ankylosauria by Hornung and Reich (2014) and Salisbury et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Stegosauria by Kuhn (1958); to Ornithopoda by Kuhn (1963); to Ornithischia by Haubold (1971) and Haubold (1974); to Ankylosauria by Avanzini et al. (2001), McCrea et al. (2001) and Romero Molina et al. (2003); and to Ankylosauria by Hornung and Reich (2014) and Salisbury et al. (2016).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1922 | Metatetrapous Ballerstedt |
| 1958 | Metatetrapous Kuhn p. 27 |
| 1963 | Metatetrapous Kuhn p. 105 |
| 1971 | Metatetrapous Haubold p. 89 |
| 1974 | Metatetrapous Haubold p. 46 |
| 2001 | Metatetrapous Avanzini et al. p. 239 |
| 2001 | Metatetrapous McCrea et al. p. 421 |
| 2003 | Metatetrapous Romero Molina et al. p. 26 |
| 2014 | Metatetrapous Hornung and Reich |
| 2016 | Metatetrapous Salisbury et al. p. 96 |
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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. †Metatetrapous Ballerstedt 1922
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†Metatetrapous valdensis Nopcsa 1923
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Invalid names: Metatetrapous valdense Ballerstedt 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Berriasian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | M. valdensis (122854 172869) |