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Metoposaurus bakeri
Taxonomy
Buettneria bakeri was named by Case (1931). Its type specimen is UMMP 13055, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elkins Place Bone Bed (UMMP), which is in a Carnian/Norian channel sandstone in the Santa Rosa Sandstone Formation of Texas.
It was synonymized subjectively with Metoposaurus fraasi by Chowdhury (1965); it was recombined as Metoposaurus bakeri by Long and Murry (1995).
It was synonymized subjectively with Metoposaurus fraasi by Chowdhury (1965); it was recombined as Metoposaurus bakeri by Long and Murry (1995).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Buettneria bakeri Case p. 187 |
| 1995 | Metoposaurus bakeri Long and Murry |
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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.
†Metoposaurus bakeri Case 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004 | |||||