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Discussion
Immaturity of the holotype is evident from lack of neurocentral fusion across the axial series except in distal caudals
Taxonomy
Siats meekerorum was named by Zanno and Makovicky (2013). Its type specimen is FMNH PR 2716, a set of postcrania (partial postcranial skeleton of immature individual including portions of the axial column, pelvic girdle and hind limb), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lindsay's Site, which is in a Cenomanian estuary/bay mudstone in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Siats meekerorum Zanno and Makovicky p. 2 fig. 1 |
| 2016 | Siats meekerorum Kirkland et al. p. 52 |
| 2017 | Siats meekerorum Krumenacker et al. p. 170 |
| 2020 | Siats meekerorum Malafaia et al. p. 3 |
| 2022 | Siats meekerorum Noto et al. p. 14 |
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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.
†Siats meekerorum Zanno and Makovicky 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | Siats meekerorum (type locality: 152628) |