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Zephyrosaurus
Taxonomy
Zephyrosaurus was named by Sues (1980).
It was assigned to Euornithopoda by Norman et al. (2004) and Galton (2009); to Ornithopoda by Buchholz (2002) and Han et al. (2012); to Hypsilophodontidae by Sues (1980), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Milner and Norman (1984), Norman (1984), Russell (1984), Sereno (1986), Carroll (1988), Galton (1989), Sues and Norman (1990), Benton (1990), Weishampel and Heinrich (1992), Carpenter (1994), Sues (1997), Godefroit and Knoll (2003), Stanford et al. (2004) and Alifanov and Saveliev (2014); to Thescelosauridae by Herne et al. (2019); and to Orodrominae by Brown et al. (2013), Madzia et al. (2018) and Dieudonné et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Euornithopoda by Norman et al. (2004) and Galton (2009); to Ornithopoda by Buchholz (2002) and Han et al. (2012); to Hypsilophodontidae by Sues (1980), Weishampel and Weishampel (1983), Milner and Norman (1984), Norman (1984), Russell (1984), Sereno (1986), Carroll (1988), Galton (1989), Sues and Norman (1990), Benton (1990), Weishampel and Heinrich (1992), Carpenter (1994), Sues (1997), Godefroit and Knoll (2003), Stanford et al. (2004) and Alifanov and Saveliev (2014); to Thescelosauridae by Herne et al. (2019); and to Orodrominae by Brown et al. (2013), Madzia et al. (2018) and Dieudonné et al. (2020).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1980 | Zephyrosaurus Sues p. 53 figs. 2-18 |
| 1983 | Zephyrosaurus Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44 |
| 1984 | Zephyrosaurus Milner and Norman p. 146 |
| 1984 | Zephyrosaurus Norman pp. 342-344 fig. 7 |
| 1984 | Zephyrosaurus Russell p. 23 |
| 1986 | Zephyrosaurus Sereno |
| 1988 | Zephyrosaurus Carroll |
| 1989 | Zephyrosaurus Galton p. 218 |
| 1990 | Zephyrosaurus Benton p. 26 |
| 1990 | Zephyrosaurus Sues and Norman p. 500 |
| 1992 | Zephyrosaurus Weishampel and Heinrich p. 163 |
| 1994 | Zephyrosaurus Carpenter p. 290 |
| 1997 | Zephyrosaurus Sues p. 357 |
| 2002 | Zephyrosaurus Buchholz p. 21 |
| 2003 | Zephyrosaurus Godefroit and Knoll p. 6 |
| 2004 | Zephyrosaurus Norman et al. p. 396 |
| 2004 | Zephyrosaurus Stanford et al. p. 257 |
| 2009 | Zephyrosaurus Galton p. 215 |
| 2012 | Zephyrosaurus Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14 |
| 2013 | Zephyrosaurus Brown et al. p. 512 |
| 2014 | Zephyrosaurus Alifanov and Saveliev p. 419 |
| 2018 | Zephyrosaurus Madzia et al. p. 973 fig. 4 |
| 2019 | Zephyrosaurus Herne et al. p. 574 fig. 25 |
| 2020 | Zephyrosaurus Dieudonné et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Albian or 109.00000 to 100.50000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aptian - Albian | USA (Wyoming) | Z. sp. (137567 137577) | |
| Albian | USA (Montana) | Z. schaffi (69693) | |
| Middle Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Wyoming) | Z. sp. (137562) |