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Tinosaurus
Taxonomy
Tinosaurus was named by Marsh (1872). Its type is Tinosaurus stenodon.
It was assigned to Varanidae by Hay (1902); to Chamaeleonidae by Gilmore (1928); to Chamaelonidae by Hay (1930); to Agamidae by Hecht (1959), Hou (1974), Hou (1976), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Augé (2003), Prasad and Bajpai (2008); and to Acrodonta by Smith (2006), Dong et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Varanidae by Hay (1902); to Chamaeleonidae by Gilmore (1928); to Chamaelonidae by Hay (1930); to Agamidae by Hecht (1959), Hou (1974), Hou (1976), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Augé (2003), Prasad and Bajpai (2008); and to Acrodonta by Smith (2006), Dong et al. (2016).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Tinosaurus Marsh p. 304 |
| 1902 | Tinosaurus Hay p. 476 |
| 1928 | Tinosaurus Gilmore p. 162 |
| 1930 | Tinosaurus Hay p. 248 |
| 1959 | Tinosaurus Hecht |
| 1974 | Tinosaurus Hou |
| 1976 | Tinosaurus Hou p. 52 |
| 1983 | Tinosaurus Estes |
| 1988 | Tinosaurus Carroll |
| 2003 | Tinosaurus Augé |
| 2006 | Tinosaurus Smith |
| 2008 | Tinosaurus Prasad and Bajpai |
| 2016 | Tinosaurus Dong 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.
G. †Tinosaurus Marsh 1872
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†Tinosaurus doumuensis Hou 1974
†Tinosaurus lepidus Marsh 1872
Tinosaurus pristinus Leidy 1872
†Tinosaurus stenodon Marsh 1872
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Uintan or 61.66000 to 39.70000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Paleocene | China (Anhui) | T. doumuensis (132699) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Utah) | T. stenodon (16396) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | T. pristinus (179965) T. stenodon (16235) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | T. lepidus (81455) | |
| Early/Lower Uintan | USA (California) | T. stenodon (16673 16674 16677 16697 16705 16706 16707 16710) | |
| Uintan - Duchesnean | USA (California) | T. stenodon (16533) |