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Ankylosphenodon
Taxonomy
Ankylosphenodon was named by Reynoso (2000). Its type is Ankylosphenodon pachyostosus.
It was assigned to Opisthodontia by Cau et al. (2014); to Sapheosauridae by Reynoso and Cruz (2014); and to Sphenodontidae by Reynoso (2000), Apesteguia et al. (2012), Herrera-Flores et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Opisthodontia by Cau et al. (2014); to Sapheosauridae by Reynoso and Cruz (2014); and to Sphenodontidae by Reynoso (2000), Apesteguia et al. (2012), Herrera-Flores et al. (2018).
Species
A. pachyostosus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Ankylosphenodon Reynoso |
| 2012 | Ankylosphenodon Apesteguia et al. |
| 2014 | Ankylosphenodon Cau et al. |
| 2014 | Ankylosphenodon Reynoso and Cruz p. 49 |
| 2018 | Ankylosphenodon Herrera-Flores 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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 110.10000 to 100.50000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | Mexico (Puebla) | A. pachyostosus (133991 136733 221160) |