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Dicothodon moorensis

Reptilia - Polyglyphanodontidae

Taxonomy
Dicothodon moorensis was named by Nydam (1999). Its type specimen is OMNH 29771, a mandible (dentary fragment with one complete tooth and the broken base of another tooth), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is OMNH V239, Mussentuchit, which is in a Cenomanian channel horizon in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Dicothodon moorensis Nydam
2002Dicothodon moorensis Nydam p. 651
2007Dicothodon moorensis Nydam et al. p. 540

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Scincomorpha()
—PolyglyphanodontiaAlifanov 2000
familyPolyglyphanodontidaeGilmore 1942
—Polyglyphanodontini
genusDicothodon
speciesmoorensis

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.

†Dicothodon moorensis Nydam 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: omnivoreg
Created: 2009-01-04 09:45:12
Modified: 2009-01-04 11:45:12
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Evans and Manabe 2008, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Polyglyphanodontinae indet. (type locality: 14399)