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Todrasaurus gheerbranti
Taxonomy
Todrasaurus gheerbranti was named by Augé and Rage (2006). Its type specimen is USTL THR 407, a mandible (nearly complete left dentary with part of splenial), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Adrar Mgorn 1, which is in a Thanetian peritidal limestone in the Jbel Guersif Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Todrasaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Todrasaurus gheerbranti Augé and Rage p. 240 figs. 2A-C |
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†Todrasaurus gheerbranti Augé and Rage 2006
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Augé and J.-C. Rage 2006 | Very distinctive small amphisbaenian; dentary with only four teeth; teeth shallowly pleurodont and markedly amblyodont (i.e., enlarged); second anterior tooth very large; coronoid process strong, clearly rising above the tooth row; subdental shelf present; Meckelian canal narrow anteriorly but wide and covered by splenial posteriorly; splenial fused to dentary. |
Measurements
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| Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Pianka and Vitt 2003 | |||||