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Palaeoscincosaurus middletoni

Osteichthyes - Contogeniidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoscincosaurus middletoni was named by Sullivan and Lucas (1996). Its type specimen is UCM 34621, a mandible (medial part of left mandible with teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alexander, which is in a Puercan terrestrial shale/sandstone in the Denver Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Palaeoscincosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Palaeoscincosaurus middletoni Sullivan and Lucas
2009Palaeoscincosaurus middletoni Nydam and Fitzpatrick pp. 683-684

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Scincomorpha()
familyContogeniidae
genusPalaeoscincosaurus
speciesmiddletoni

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.

Palaeoscincosaurus middletoni Sullivan and Lucas 1996
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. L. Nydam and B. M. Fitzpatrick 2009Differs from Palaeoscincosaurus pharkidodon sp. nov. in the following combination of features: shelf-like lateral expansion along posterior portion of dentary less fully developed; dentary and maxillary teeth with lateral apical striae on crowns less well-developed, ridges along anterior and posterior margins of crowns more pronounced, and shafts below crowns not expanded medially.
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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Puercan or 66.00000 to 63.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Colorado) Palaeoscincosaurus middletoni (type locality: 14658)