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Tylocephale gilmorei

Reptilia - Pachycephalosauridae

Taxonomy
Tylocephale gilmorei was named by Maryańska and Osmólska (1974). Its type specimen is ZPAL MgD-I/105, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khulsan, Central Cliffs, site 10 [PMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Tylocephale gilmorei Maryańska and Osmólska p. 51 figs. 1B, Pl. 22:3
1977Tylocephale gilmorei Rozhdestvensky p. 114
1979Tylocephale gilmorei Wall and Galton p. 1182
1990Tylocephale gilmorei Maryanska p. 566
1994Tylocephale gilmorei Olshevsky and Ford p. 91
1997Tylocephale gilmorei Barsbold p. 449
1997Tylocephale gilmorei Osmólska p. 41
2000Tylocephale gilmorei Sereno p. 483
2003Tylocephale gilmorei Sullivan p. 202
2003Tylocephale gilmorei Williamson and Carr fig. 11
2004Tylocephale gilmorei Maryanska et al. p. 466
2006Tylocephale gilmorei Sullivan p. 357
2009Tylocephale gilmorei Schott et al. p. 783 fig. 8
2009Tylocephale gilmorei Williamson et al. p. 292
2010Tylocephale gilmorei Longrich et al. p. 955
2010Tylocephale gilmorei Longrich et al. p. 280
2014Tylocephale gilmorei Arbour et al. p. 649
2017Tylocephale gilmorei Schott and Evans p. 867
2018Tylocephale gilmorei Evans et al. p. 124

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Marginocephalia
Pachycephalosauria()
familyPachycephalosauridae
genusTylocephale
speciesgilmorei

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.

Tylocephale gilmorei Maryańska and Osmólska 1974
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Maryańska and H. Osmólska 1974Cranial roof thickened, highly elevated, the highest point situated far posteriorly. Postorbital and both supraorbitals incorporated into domed part. Infratemporal fenestra very narrow, long and placed nearlyvertically.Orbitelongate, oblique, rising upwards posteriorly. Quadrate nearly vertical. Occipital region narrow, very faintly depressed. Tooth-bearing edge of maxilla straight nearly to the very posterior end. Crowns of maxillary and mandibulary teeth large. Surface of the external bones strongly ornamented, domed part rough. Surface of the jugal at the orbital margin, as well as this of the quadratojugal nearly smooth.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

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
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Pachycephalosauridae indet. (type locality: 181419)