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Tototlmimus packardensis
Taxonomy
Tototlmimus packardensis was named by Serrano-Brañas et al. (2016). Its type specimen is ERNO 8553, a set of limb elements, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rancho Corral de Enmedio, which is in a Campanian terrestrial shale in the Packard Shale Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Tototlmimus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Tototlmimus packardensis Serrano-Brañas et al. p. 51 |
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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.
†Tototlmimus packardensis Serrano-Brañas et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. I. Serrano-Brañas et al. 2016 | An ornithomimid dinosaur that possesses the following characteristics: a very distinctively articulation between metatarsals, where the distal ends of metatarsals II and IV contact directly with the distal facet of metatarsal III; a metatarsal III with a weakly ginglymoid distal articular facet that bears some pits and deep longitudinal scars; also, the medial and lateral sides of this element are shaped in the form of metatarsals II and IV, so all distal ends fit together when they articulate; an asymmetrical and narrow pedal ungual with shallow grooves in both medial and lateral sides; it also possesses a ventromedial edge with a deep sulcus close to the articular end and ventrolateral edge with a prominent keel; finally, the ventral surface of this element do not has a flexor tubercle, instead it is weakly concave and contains small foramina. |
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| Reference: Averianov and Yarkov 2004 | |||||