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Paradipsosaurus mexicanus
Taxonomy
Paradipsosaurus mexicanus was named by Fries (1955). Its type specimen is USNM 20667 (skull and mandibles, posterior and anterior ends damaged) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Marfil, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Guanjuato Red Conglomerate Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Paradipsosaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1955 | Paradipsosaurus mexicanus Fries |
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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.
†Paradipsosaurus mexicanus Fries 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Bridgerian or 51.10000 to 45.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bridgerian | Mexico (Guanajuato) | Paradipsosaurus mexicanus (type locality: 16598) |