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Goronyosaurus nigeriensis
Taxonomy
Mosasaurus nigeriensis was named by Swinton (1930).
It was recombined as Goronyosaurus nigeriensis by Azzaroli et al. (1972), Soliar (1988) and Driscoll et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Goronyosaurus nigeriensis by Azzaroli et al. (1972), Soliar (1988) and Driscoll et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1930 | Mosasaurus nigeriensis Swinton |
| 1972 | Goronyosaurus nigeriensis Azzaroli et al. pp. 401-402 |
| 1988 | Goronyosaurus nigeriensis Soliar pp. 748-757 figs. 3-6, 7C-F |
| 2019 | Goronyosaurus nigeriensis 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.
†Goronyosaurus nigeriensis Swinton 1930
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. Soliar 1988 | "Small premaxillary rostrum, with wide internarial bar; closed canal on undersurface of frontals; ectopterygoid process dorsoventrally flattened forming two fork-like processes; postorbital maxillary teeth." |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Gervais 1852, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Nigeria (Sokoto) | Goronyosaurus nigeriensis (98105 104944) |