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Oligodontosaurus
Taxonomy
Oligodontosaurus was named by Gilmore (1942). Its type is Oligodontosaurus wyomingensis.
It was assigned to Sauria by Gilmore (1942); to Amphisbaenidae by Estes (1976); and to Oligodontosauridae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Longrich et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Sauria by Gilmore (1942); to Amphisbaenidae by Estes (1976); and to Oligodontosauridae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Longrich et al. (2015).
Species
O. wyomingensis (type species)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1942 | Oligodontosaurus Gilmore p. 163 |
| 1976 | Oligodontosaurus Estes p. 511 |
| 1983 | Oligodontosaurus Estes |
| 1988 | Oligodontosaurus Carroll |
| 2015 | Oligodontosaurus Longrich et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Pianka and Vitt 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Lostcabinian or 63.40000 to 51.10000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Torrejonian | USA (Montana) | O. sp. (14874) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | O. wyomingensis (15049) | |
| Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | O. sp. (15917) |