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Congosaurus
Taxonomy
Congosaurus was named by Dollo (1914). It is the type genus of Congosauridae.
It was assigned to Congosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Dyrosauridae by Jouve and Schwarz (2004), Jouve et al. (2005), Jouve (2007), Hill et al. (2008), Jouve et al. (2008), Andrade et al. (2011), Bronzati et al. (2012); and to Hyposaurinae by Jouve et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Congosaurinae by Nopcsa (1928); to Dyrosauridae by Jouve and Schwarz (2004), Jouve et al. (2005), Jouve (2007), Hill et al. (2008), Jouve et al. (2008), Andrade et al. (2011), Bronzati et al. (2012); and to Hyposaurinae by Jouve et al. (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Congosaurus Dollo |
| 1928 | Congosaurus Nopcsa p. 187 |
| 2004 | Congosaurus Jouve and Schwarz |
| 2005 | Congosaurus Jouve et al. |
| 2007 | Congosaurus Jouve |
| 2008 | Congosaurus Hill et al. |
| 2008 | Congosaurus Jouve et al. |
| 2011 | Congosaurus Andrade et al. |
| 2012 | Congosaurus Bronzati et al. |
| 2021 | Congosaurus Jouve 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.
G. †Congosaurus Dollo 1914
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†Congosaurus bequaerti Dollo 1914
†Congosaurus compressus Buffetaut 1980
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Paleocene | Saudi Arabia (Makkah) | Rhabdognathus compressus (140956 140957) | |
| Selandian | Angola (Cabinda) | C. bequaerti (113759) | |
| Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Mali | C. compressus (114143 114144 114146) | |
| Ypresian | India (Gujarat) | C. sp. (180565) |