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Colpodontosaurus cracens

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Colpodontosaurus cracens was named by Estes (1964). Its type specimen is UCMP 46608, a mandible (incomplete left dentary with three broken bases and 12 vacant alveoli), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lull 2 Quarry (UCMP V-5620), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Colpodontosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Colpodontosaurus cracens Estes pp. 127-128 fig. 60
1970Colpodontosaurus cracens Estes and Berberian p. 5
1983Colpodontosaurus cracens Estes p. 172 fig. 44h
1989Colpodontosaurus cracens Bryant p. 47
2001Colpodontosaurus cracens Peng et al. p. 29
2012Colpodontosaurus cracens Longrich et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
infraorderPlatynotaBaur 1890
genusColpodontosaurus
speciescracens

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Colpodontosaurus cracens (45893)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Colpodontosaurus cracens (45560 45565 45566)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Colpodontosaurus cracens (45894)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Colpodontosaurus cracens (14632)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Colpodontosaurus cracens (14519 14566)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Colpodontosaurus cracens (13142)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Colpodontosaurus cracens (type locality: 14585)