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Palaeoscincosaurus
Taxonomy
Palaeoscincosaurus was named by Sullivan and Lucas (1996). Its type is Palaeoscincosaurus middletoni.
It was assigned to Scincinae by Sullivan and Lucas (1996); and to Contogeniidae by Nydam and Fitzpatrick (2009).
It was assigned to Scincinae by Sullivan and Lucas (1996); and to Contogeniidae by Nydam and Fitzpatrick (2009).
Species
P. middletoni (type species), P. pharkidodon
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1996 | Palaeoscincosaurus Sullivan and Lucas |
| 2009 | Palaeoscincosaurus Nydam and Fitzpatrick pp. 682-683 |
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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.
G. †Palaeoscincosaurus Sullivan and Lucas 1996
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†Palaeoscincosaurus middletoni Sullivan and Lucas 1996
†Palaeoscincosaurus pharkidodon Nydam and Fitzpatrick 2009
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. L. Nydam and B. M. Fitzpatrick 2009 | Contogeniid genus differing from Contogenys and Utahgenys in the following unique combination of features: tooth crowns with numerous lateral and medial apical striae; teeth more robust and widely spaced; and inferred larger body size. Differs further from Contogenys in having posteriormost tooth on maxilla with shaft shorter than more anterior teeth and posteriormost two or three teeth on dentary with progressively shorter shafts at successively more posterior tooth positions. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Puercan or 83.50000 to 63.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Judithian | USA (Utah) | P. pharkidodon (14467) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Utah) | P. pharkidodon (14466 75836) | |
| Puercan | USA (Colorado) | P. middletoni (14658) |