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Lowesaurus matthewi
Taxonomy
Heloderma matthewi was named by Gilmore (1928). Its type specimen is AMNH No. 990A, a maxilla (posterior portion of left maxilla with three teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lewis Creek, which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Colorado.
It was recombined as Lowesaurus matthewi by Pregill et al. (1986) and Yi and Norell (2013).
It was recombined as Lowesaurus matthewi by Pregill et al. (1986) and Yi and Norell (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1928 | Heloderma matthewi Gilmore p. 89 figs. 59; Pl. 11:1 |
| 1930 | Heloderma matthewi Hay p. 253 |
| 1986 | Lowesaurus matthewi Pregill et al. |
| 2013 | Lowesaurus matthewi Yi and Norell |
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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.
†Lowesaurus matthewi Gilmore 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||