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Compressidens belgicus
Taxonomy
Bottosaurus belgicus was named by Woodward (1891). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Craie de Ciply, Mons Basin, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate sandstone in the Craie de Ciply Formation of Belgium.
It was recombined as Compressidens belgicus by Russell (1967); it was recombined as Carinodens belgicus by Thurmond (1969), Schulp et al. (2004), Schulp et al. (2006), Driscoll et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Compressidens belgicus by Russell (1967); it was recombined as Carinodens belgicus by Thurmond (1969), Schulp et al. (2004), Schulp et al. (2006), Driscoll et al. (2019).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1891 | Bottosaurus belgicus Woodward |
| 1967 | Compressidens belgicus Russell p. 122 |
| 1969 | Carinodens belgicus Thurmond |
| 2004 | Carinodens belgicus Schulp et al. p. 744 |
| 2006 | Carinodens belgicus Schulp et al. |
| 2019 | Carinodens belgicus Driscoll et al. |
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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.
†Compressidens belgicus Woodward 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Gervais 1852, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Belgium | Bottosaurus belgicus (type locality: 82892) |