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Telmasaurus

Reptilia - Varanidae

Taxonomy
Telmasaurus was named by Gilmore (1943). It is not extant. Its type is Telmasaurus grangeri.

It was assigned to Saniwinae by Gilmore (1943), McDowell and Bogert (1954); and to Varanidae by Estes (1983), Borsuk-Bialynicka (1984), Carroll (1988), Alifanov (1993), Clos (1995), Alifanov (2000).

Species
T. grangeri (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Telmasaurus Gilmore p. 379
1954Telmasaurus McDowell and Bogert p. 132
1983Telmasaurus Estes
1984Telmasaurus Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 56
1988Telmasaurus Carroll
1993Telmasaurus Alifanov p. 10
1995Telmasaurus Clos p. 263
2000Telmasaurus Alifanov p. 380

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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)
infraorderPlatynotaBaur 1890
superfamilyVaranoideaGray 1827
familyVaranidaeHardwicke and Gray 1824
genusTelmasaurusGilmore 1943

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. †Telmasaurus Gilmore 1943
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†Telmasaurus grangeri Gilmore 1943
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-09-16 14:10:01
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:08:59
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Pianka and Vitt 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) T. grangeri (46152)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mongolia (Omnogov) T. grangeri (13776)