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Mimeosaurus crassus
Taxonomy
Mimeosaurus crassus was named by Gilmore (1943). Its type specimen is AMNH 6655, a maxilla (left maxillary with dentition), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shabarakh Usu (AMNH loc. 12049), which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Mimeosaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1943 | Mimeosaurus crassus Gilmore p. 367 fig. 6 |
| 1983 | Mimeosaurus crassus Estes p. 53 |
| 1984 | Mimeosaurus crassus Borsuk-Bialynicka and Moody p. 68 |
| 1995 | Mimeosaurus crassus Gao and Hou p. 75 |
| 1996 | Mimeosaurus crassus Gao and Hou p. 583 |
| 2000 | Mimeosaurus crassus Alifanov p. 371 |
| 2000 | Mimeosaurus crassus Gao and Norell p. 32 |
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†Mimeosaurus crassus Gilmore 1943
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. Estes 1983 | Differs from other agamids in having a row of rounded tubercles on the jugal | |
| K. -Q. Gao and L. -H. Hou 1995 | DIstinguished from other fossil and extant agamids by the combination of the following character states: maxilla short, deep, and subrectangular in fusion with jugal; maxillary tooth row short, straight, with first two teeth enlarged and canine-like; mandible short, lateral coronoid process flattened (widened) with distinct vertically directed anterior crest |