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Peltosaurus granulosus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Peltosaurus granulosus was named by Cope (1873). Its type specimen is AMNH No. 1610 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cedar Creek, which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Peltosaurus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Peltosaurus granulosus Cope pp. 5 - 6
1902Peltosaurus granulosus Hay p. 475
1908Peltosaurus granulosus Lambe
1928Peltosaurus abbotti Gilmore
1930Peltosaurus abbotti Hay p. 254
1930Peltosaurus granulosus Hay p. 254
1998Peltosaurus granulosus Maddox and Wall p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
genusPeltosaurus
speciesgranulosus

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.

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Invalid names: Peltosaurus abbotti Gilmore 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Orellan to the top of the Monroecreekian or 33.90000 to 24.80000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) Peltosaurus granulosus (17067 17092 17162 17179 180329 232916)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) Peltosaurus granulosus (17160 17175 17297 179967 180108 180113)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) Peltosaurus granulosus (17197 type locality: 118198 180029)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Colorado) Peltosaurus granulosus (180115)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Nebraska) Peltosaurus granulosus (180114)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Peltosaurus granulosus (17510)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (South Dakota) Peltosaurus granulosus (17561)