Alternative combination: Saniva ensidens
Synonyms: Saniva major Leidy 1873, Saniwa agilis Marsh 1872, Saniwa brooksi Brattstrom 1955, Saniwa crassa Marsh 1872, Saniwa grandis Marsh 1872, Saniwa major Leidy 1873, Saniwa paucidens Marsh 1872, Thinosaurus agilis Marsh 1872, Thinosaurus crassus Marsh 1872, Thinosaurus grandis Marsh 1872, Thinosaurus leptodus Marsh 1872, Thinosaurus paucidens Marsh 1872
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Descriptions of Emys jaenesi, E. haydeni, Baena arenosa, and Saniwa ensidens]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1870:123-124
Belongs to Saniwa according to O. Rieppel and L. Grande 2007
See also Brattstrom 1955, Cope 1873, Estes 1983, Gilmore 1928, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Leidy 1870, Leidy 1873, Marsh 1872, Smith et al. 2018 and Wetmore 1921
Sister taxa: Saniwa edura, Saniwa orsmaelensis
Type specimens:
- Saniwa ensidens: USNM 2185, a set of postcrania (disarticulated partial skeleton including partial skull and mandible fragment). Its type locality is East of Granger, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
- Saniwa brooksi: LACM CIT. No. 5117, a set of vertebrae (four vertebrae). Its type locality is San Diego Mission (CIT 249), which is in an Uintan terrestrial conglomerate in the Friars Formation of California.
- Saniwa major: Its type locality is Lodge-Pole Trail, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
- Thinosaurus agilis: YPM 609, a partial skeleton (dentary with one tooth, four vertebrae, distal femur, distal phalanx). Its type locality is Henry's Fork, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
- Thinosaurus crassus: YPM 610, a set of postcrania (a number of dorsal vertebrae and a few other less characteristic remains). Its type locality is Henry's Fork, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
- Thinosaurus grandis: YPM 611 (part), a set of postcrania (trunk vertebra lacking the condylar end). Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
- Thinosaurus leptodus: YPM 612 (anterior portion of right dentary, plus posterior skeleton). Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
- Thinosaurus paucidens: YPM (unknown, lost), a partial skeleton (greater part of a skeleton). Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (29: California, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 29 collections including 32 occurrences
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