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Telmasaurus grangeri
Taxonomy
Telmasaurus grangeri was named by Gilmore (1943). Its type specimen is AMNH 6645, a partial skeleton (posterior dorsal part of skull, three dorsal vertebrae, parts of others, rib and other bone fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shabarakh Usu (AMNH loc. 12049), which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Telmasaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1943 | Telmasaurus grangeri Gilmore |
| 1983 | Telmasaurus grangeri Estes pp. 187-188 figs. 48a-c |
| 1984 | Telmasaurus grangeri Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 56 |
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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.
†Telmasaurus grangeri Gilmore 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| 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 |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Telmasaurus grangeri (type locality: 46152) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Telmasaurus grangeri (13776) |