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Colosteus
Taxonomy
Colosteus was named by Cope (1869). It is the type genus of Colosteidae.
It was synonymized subjectively with Sauropleura by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Ganocephala by Cope (1869); and to Colosteidae by Cope (1875), Carroll (1988), Clack and Milner (2015).
It was synonymized subjectively with Sauropleura by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Ganocephala by Cope (1869); and to Colosteidae by Cope (1875), Carroll (1988), Clack and Milner (2015).
Entered
by E. Fara on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2019-08-08
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1869 | Colosteus Cope p. 22 |
| 1875 | Colosteus Cope p. 10 |
| 1988 | Colosteus Carroll |
| 2015 | Colosteus Clack and Milner p. 45 |
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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.
G. †Colosteus Cope 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.40000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Desmoinesian | USA (Ohio) | C. scutellatus (176092) | |
| Westphalian D | USA (Ohio) | Pygopterus scutellatus (85292) |