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Polyglyphanodon sternbergi

Reptilia - Polyglyphanodontidae

Taxonomy
Polyglyphanodon sternbergi was named by Gilmore (1940). Its type specimen is USNM 15477, a partial skeleton (skull, jaws and most of the postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is South Dragon Canyon, "lizard locality", which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Polyglyphanodon sternbergi Gilmore pp. 1-2 fig. 1
1942Polyglyphanodon sternbergi Gilmore p. 230
1983Polyglyphanodon sternbergi Estes p. 76 figs. 15, 18
1991Polyglyphanodon sternbergi Gao and Fox
2012Polyglyphanodon sternbergi Longrich et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Scincomorpha()
—PolyglyphanodontiaAlifanov 2000
familyPolyglyphanodontidaeGilmore 1942
genusPolyglyphanodon
speciessternbergi

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 mobilep
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-04 09:46:23
Modified: 2009-01-04 11:46:23
Source: g = genus, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Evans and Manabe 2008, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Utah) Lacertilia indet. (type locality: 45721)