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Lasasaurus beltanae
Taxonomy
Lasasaurus beltanae was named by Falconnet et al. (2012). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.MAE 3039, a skeleton (half of a ferro-calcareous nodule containing the mould of a relatively complete skeleton preserving the skull, mandible, hyoid apparatus, and presacral region), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Ambodipo, which is in an Induan/Smithian deltaic siliciclastic in the Middle Sakamena Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Lasasaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Lasasaurus beltanae Falconnet et al. p. 359 figs. 1-4 |
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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.
†Lasasaurus beltanae Falconnet et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. Falconnet et al. 2012 | Procolophonid showing several peculiar, fine and dendritic crests running along the posterolateral side of the squamosal, widely spaced maxillary teeth, subparallel mesiodistal ridges connecting maxillary teeth to the tooth row, and a strongly acute anterior margin of the copula. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Induan - Smithian | Madagascar (Diana) | Eosuchia indet. (type locality: 144094) |