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Zapsalis
Taxonomy
Zapsalis was named by Cope (1876). Its type is Zapsalis abradens.
It was synonymized subjectively with Paronychodon by Estes (1964); it was considered a nomen dubium by Makovicky and Norell (2004).
It was assigned to Goniopoda by Cope (1877); to Megalosauridae by Hay (1902); to Coelurosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Theropoda by Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966); to Theropoda by Romer (1956), Steel (1970); and to Dromaeosaurinae by Matthew and Brown (1922), Hay (1930), Larson and Currie (2013), Williamson and Brusatte (2014).
It was synonymized subjectively with Paronychodon by Estes (1964); it was considered a nomen dubium by Makovicky and Norell (2004).
It was assigned to Goniopoda by Cope (1877); to Megalosauridae by Hay (1902); to Coelurosauria by Kuhn (1939); to Theropoda by Tatarinov (1964), Romer (1966); to Theropoda by Romer (1956), Steel (1970); and to Dromaeosaurinae by Matthew and Brown (1922), Hay (1930), Larson and Currie (2013), Williamson and Brusatte (2014).
Species
Z. abradens (type species)
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2003-02-10; modified by M. Carrano on 2021-09-16
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1876 | Zapsalis Cope |
| 1877 | Zapsalis Cope p. 572 |
| 1902 | Zapsalis Hay p. 490 |
| 1922 | Zapsalis Matthew and Brown p. 378 |
| 1930 | Zapsalis Hay p. 181 |
| 1939 | Zapsalis Kuhn p. 50 |
| 1956 | Zapsalis Romer p. 618 |
| 1964 | Zapsalis Tatarinov p. 540 |
| 1966 | Zapsalis Romer p. 370 |
| 1970 | Zapsalis Steel p. 45 |
| 2013 | Zapsalis Larson and Currie p. 9 |
| 2014 | Zapsalis Williamson and Brusatte p. 12 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (Alberta) | Dromaeosaurinae indet. A (14425 14426 277780 277781) Z. sp. (14428) | |
| Lancian | USA (Montana) | Paronychodon lacustris (14629) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | Dromaeosauridae indet. (14585) |