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Paralligator ancestralis
Taxonomy
Paralligator ancestralis was named by Konzhukova (1954). Its type specimen is PIN 551-29/1, a partial skull (Skull roof fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nemegt locality (PIN coll. 551) [MPE], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.
It was recombined as Shamosuchus ancestralis by Efimov (1982), Efimov (1983) and Storrs and Efimov (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Shamosuchus gradilifrons by Turner (2015).
It was recombined as Shamosuchus ancestralis by Efimov (1982), Efimov (1983) and Storrs and Efimov (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Shamosuchus gradilifrons by Turner (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1954 | Paralligator ancestralis Konzhukova |
| 1982 | Shamosuchus ancestralis Efimov |
| 1983 | Shamosuchus ancestralis Efimov p. 84 |
| 2000 | Shamosuchus ancestralis Storrs and Efimov p. 411 |
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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.
†Paralligator ancestralis Konzhukova 1954
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Diagnosis
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1983 | |||||
Collections
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