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Cincosaurus cobbi
Taxonomy
Cincosaurus cobbi was named by Aldrich and Jones (1930). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is ALMNH, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Galloway No. 11 Mine, which is in a Westphalian delta plain shale in the Pottsville Formation of Alabama. It is the type species of Cincosaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1930 | Cincosaurus cobbi Aldrich and Jones p. 27 figs. Plate 6-7 |
| 1971 | Cincosaurus cobbi Haubold p. 19 |
| 1981 | Cincosaurus cobbi Thurmond and Jones p. 112 |
| 2005 | Cincosaurus cobbi Haubold et al. p. 96 |
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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.
†Cincosaurus cobbi Aldrich and Jones 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Reisz et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Westphalian or 318.70000 to 307.40000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Carboniferous | USA (Alabama) | Cincosaurus cobbi (241686) | |
| Pennsylvanian | USA (Georgia) | Cincosaurus cobbi (150407) | |
| Westphalian | USA (Alabama) | Cincosaurus cobbi (81525 type locality: 84135) |