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Darchansaurus estesi
Taxonomy
Darchansaurus estesi was named by Sulimski (1975). Its type specimen is ZPal MgR-III/6, a partial skeleton (skull, jaws and fragments of postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khermeen Tsav I, Red Beds [PMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian eolian sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Darchansaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1975 | Darchansaurus estesi Sulimski p. 72 fig. 12 |
| 1983 | Darchansaurus estesi Estes p. 80 figs. 15, 18-19 |
| 1991 | Darchansaurus estesi Gao and Fox |
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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.
†Darchansaurus estesi Sulimski 1975
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Sulimski 1975 | As for the genus. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Evans and Manabe 2008, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Darchansaurus estesi (type locality: 13777) |