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Melosaurus compilatus
Taxonomy
Melosaurus compilatus was named by Golubev (1995). Its type specimen is PIN 4276/60, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Golyusherma, PIN 4276, which is in an Ufimian/Kazanian terrestrial sandstone in the Baytugan Formation of the Russian Federation.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1995 | Melosaurus compilatus Golubev |
| 2000 | Melosaurus compilatus Schoch and Milner |
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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.
†Melosaurus compilatus Golubev 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Ufimian to the top of the Late/Upper Kazanian or 277.30000 to 266.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian | Russian Federation (Udmurtia) | Melosaurus compilatus (type locality: 187322) |