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Tamarro insperatus
Taxonomy
Tamarro insperatus was named by Sellés et al. (2021). Its type specimen is MCD-7073, a set of postcrania (metatarsal II), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sant Romà d'Abella (SRA), which is in a Maastrichtian crevasse splay sandstone in the Talarn Formation of Spain.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Tamarro insperatus Pérez-Pueyo et al. p. 17 |
| 2021 | Tamarro insperatus Sellés et al. |
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†Tamarro insperatus Sellés et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. G. Sellés et al. 2021 | Tamarro insperatus is a mid-sized basal troodontid distinguished by the following unique combination of characters (* marks potential autapomorphies): metatarsal II with marked plantar ridge; small foramen on the lateral surface of the plantar ridge of the metatarsal II*; sub-arctometatarsalian condition with the metatarsal III restricted to the plantar margin on its proximal part. |
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| References: Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Spain (Cataluña) | Tamarro insperatus (type locality: 38893) |