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Odaxosaurus

Reptilia - Anguidae

Taxonomy

Odaxosaurus was named by Gilmore (1928). Its type is Odaxosaurus obliquus.

It was assigned to Sauria by Gilmore (1928), Hay (1930); to Melanosaurini by Estes (1983); to Odaxosaurinae by Sullivan (1986); and to Anguidae by Carroll (1988), Bryant (1989), Gao and Fox (1996), Sullivan and Lucas (1996), Peng et al. (2001), Longrich et al. (2012).

Species

O. piger (syn. O. obliquus), O. priscus, O. roosevelti

Species lacking formal opinion data

O. jepseni

Synonyms

Pancelosaurus was named by Meszoely (1970).

It was synonymized subjectively with Odaxosaurus by Meszoely et al. (1978), Sullivan (1986).

It was assigned to Anguinae by Meszoely (1970), Estes (1976).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1928	Odaxosaurus Gilmore p. 158
1930	Odaxosaurus Hay p. 256
1970	Pancelosaurus Meszoely p. 105
1976	Pancelosaurus Estes p. 509
1983	Odaxosaurus Estes
1986	Odaxosaurus Sullivan p. 109
1988	Odaxosaurus Carroll
1989	Odaxosaurus Bryant p. 46
1996	Odaxosaurus Gao and Fox p. 67
1996	Odaxosaurus Sullivan and Lucas
2001	Odaxosaurus Peng et al. p. 28
2012	Odaxosaurus Longrich et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
—	Anguimorpha	(Fürbringer 1900)
—	Anguiformes	(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamily	Anguioidea	Fitzinger 1826
family	Anguidae	Gray 1825
genus	Odaxosaurus

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. †Odaxosaurus Gilmore 1928

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†Odaxosaurus piger Gilmore 1928

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Invalid names: Odaxosaurus obliquus Gilmore 1928 [synonym]

†Odaxosaurus priscus Gao and Fox 1996

†Odaxosaurus roosevelti Nydam 2013

Invalid names: Pancelosaurus Meszoely 1970 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

freshwater, terrestrialg

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingg

Diet:

insectivoref

Diet 2:

carnivoref

Comments:

"lived along stream banks"g

Created:

2005-09-14 13:40:33

Modified:

2005-09-14 15:40:33

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Bryant 1989, Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Uintan or 93.90000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (60 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (Utah)	O. sp. (14414)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Utah)	O. piger (14421)
Judithian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Utah)	O. priscus, O. roosevelti (14467)
Judithian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	O. priscus (14463 116537)
Judithian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Texas)	O. sp. (14489)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	O. piger (45674 45899) O. priscus (45897)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (New Mexico)	Gerrhonotus sp. (36543) O. sp. (209047)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Mexico (Coahuila)	O. sp. (154244)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Utah)	O. priscus (75836)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (New Jersey)	O. sp. (14455)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	O. piger (45560 45564 45566 45567 45670) O. priscus, O. piger (45820)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	O. piger (45819)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Montana)	Peltosaurus piger (14446)
Lancian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Wyoming)	O. piger (14505 14514 14543) Peltosaurus piger (14519 14538 14566 14606)
Lancian	72.2 - 66.0	Canada (Saskatchewan)	O. piger (14655)
Lancian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Colorado)	O. piger (14640)
Lancian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Montana)	O. piger (14508 14534 14535 14549 14639)
Lancian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (South Dakota)	Peltosaurus piger (14537)
Lancian	72.2 - 66.0	Canada (Alberta)	O. piger (14632)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Wyoming)	O. obliquus (118461 180016) Peltosaurus piger (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (Montana)	Pancelosaurus piger (13142)
Puercan	66.0 - 63.8	USA (Wyoming)	O. piger (14796 14805)
Puercan	66.0 - 63.8	USA (New Mexico)	O. piger (14760)
Puercan	66.0 - 63.8	USA (Colorado)	O. piger (14658)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (Montana)	Pancelosaurus piger (14874)
Torrejonian	63.8 - 60.9	USA (Wyoming)	O. sp., O. piger (14886)
Ti3	60.9 - 56.2	Canada (Alberta)	O. sp. (14992)
Tiffanian	60.9 - 56.2	USA (Wyoming)	O. sp., O. piger (15017) Pancelosaurus piger (15029 15049 15065)
Clarkforkian	56.2 - 54.9	USA (Wyoming)	O. piger (15082)
Wasatchian	54.9 - 50.5	USA (Wyoming)	O. jepseni (15793)
Early/Lower Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (California)	Pancelosaurus sp. (16697 16705 16709 16710)
Uintan - Duchesnean	46.2 - 37.0	USA (California)	Pancelosaurus sp. (16533)