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Taxonomy
Meyasaurus diazromerali was named by Evans and Barbadillo (1997). Its type specimen is LH 370, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Meyasaurus diazromerali Evans and Barbadillo |
| 2025 | Meyasaurus diazromerali Carrano |
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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.
†Meyasaurus diazromerali Evans and Barbadillo 1997
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. E. Evans and L. J. Barbadillo 1997 | A species of Meyasaurus which is distinguished from other known species by the possession of a frontals sharply constricted between the orbits while retaining jaws bearing 30 tooth positions. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Behler and King 1979 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Meyasaurus diazromerali (type locality: 28006) |