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Colpodontosaurus
Taxonomy
Colpodontosaurus was named by Estes (1964). Its type is Colpodontosaurus cracens.
It was assigned to Diploglossa by Estes (1964) and Estes and Berberian (1970); to Necrosauridae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Bryant (1989), Gao and Fox (1996) and Peng et al. (2001); and to Platynota by Longrich et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Diploglossa by Estes (1964) and Estes and Berberian (1970); to Necrosauridae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Bryant (1989), Gao and Fox (1996) and Peng et al. (2001); and to Platynota by Longrich et al. (2012).
Species
C. cracens (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1964 | Colpodontosaurus Estes p. 127 |
| 1970 | Colpodontosaurus Estes and Berberian p. 5 |
| 1983 | Colpodontosaurus Estes |
| 1988 | Colpodontosaurus Carroll |
| 1989 | Colpodontosaurus Bryant p. 47 |
| 1996 | Colpodontosaurus Gao and Fox p. 74 |
| 2001 | Colpodontosaurus Peng et al. p. 29 |
| 2012 | Colpodontosaurus Longrich et al. |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available