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Temujinia ellisoni

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Temujinia ellisoni was named by Gao and Norell (2000). Its type specimen is IGM 3/63 (MAE 121/93-93), a skull, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ukhaa Tolgod (AMNH), which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone/mudstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Temujinia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Temujinia ellisoni Gao and Norell p. 18 figs. 5-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—IguanomorphaSukhanov 1961
—TemujiniidaeGauthier et al. 2012
genusTemujinia
speciesellisoni

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.

†Temujinia ellisoni Gao and Norell 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. Gao and M. A. Norell 2000Differing from other iguanians in having the following derived character states: postfrontal forms slender bar between orbit and supratemporal fenestra; parietal foramen opens largely on frontal side of frontoparietal suture; posterior margin of parietal symmetrically notched for insertion of dorsal axial muscle; presence of vertical ridges and grooves on dorsal process of coronoid for insertion of mandibular adductor muscle; anterior surangular foramen opens dorsally behind dorsal process of coronoid; anterior half of Meckelian canal closed by dentary without fusion; mandibular fossa narrow and elongate; marginal teeth low crowned and strongly swollen; tooth crowns weakly tricuspid; angular process of mandible wide and strong, directed medially.
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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak) Temujinia ellisoni (type locality: 37184)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Temujinia ellisoni (51033)