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Gilmoreteius ferrugenous
Taxonomy
Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous was named by Gilmore (1943). Its type specimen is AMNH 6520, a partial skeleton (Incomplete skull and part of the right ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shabarakh Usu (AMNH loc. 12049), which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Macrocephalosaurus.
It was recombined as Gilmoreteius ferrugenous by Langer (1998).
It was recombined as Gilmoreteius ferrugenous by Langer (1998).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1943 | Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous Gilmore pp. 362-364 figs. 1-2 |
1975 | Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous Sulimski p. 30 |
1983 | Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous Estes p. 83 |
1991 | Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous Gao and Fox |
1998 | Gilmoreteius ferrugenous Langer p. 16 |
2000 | Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous Alifanov p. 373 |
2000 | Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous Gao and Norell p. 70 |
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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.
†Gilmoreteius ferrugenous Gilmore 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Gao and Norell 2000, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous (type locality: 46152) |