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Melanosaurus

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy
Melanosaurus was named by Gilmore (1928). It is not extant. Its type is Melanosaurus maximus. It is the type genus of Melanosaurinae.

It was assigned to Melanosaurinae by McDowell and Bogert (1954), Kuhn (1966); to Melanosaurini by Estes (1983); to Glyptosaurinae by Sullivan (1986); and to Anguidae by Gilmore (1928), Hay (1930), McGrew et al. (1959), Carroll (1988).

Species
M. maximus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Melanosaurus Gilmore p. 138
1930Melanosaurus Hay p. 255
1954Melanosaurus McDowell and Bogert p. 131
1959Melanosaurus McGrew et al. p. 134
1966Melanosaurus Kuhn p. 58
1983Melanosaurus Estes
1986Melanosaurus Sullivan p. 110
1988Melanosaurus Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
familyAnguidaeGray 1825
subfamilyGlyptosaurinaeMarsh 1872
genusMelanosaurus

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. †Melanosaurus Gilmore 1928
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†Melanosaurus maximus Gilmore 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsubf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-23 14:40:23
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:40:23
Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Head 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Behler and King 1979

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) M. maximus (15082 15089 15103 15104 15109 15122 15151 15152 15156 15171 15174 15189 15209)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) M. maximus (27350) M. sp. (15681)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Portugal (Região Centro) M. sp. (79200)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) M. maximus (15759 15760 15761 15771 15780 15793 15830 15831 15833 15834 85438 179977 180118 180119) M. sp. (15514 15573 15592 15687 15912 46641 46685 46690 46728 46780)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) M. sp. (16287)