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Estescincosaurus cooki
Taxonomy
Sauriscus cooki was named by Estes (1964). Its type specimen is UCMP 49994, a mandible (dentary), 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 Sauriscus.
It was recombined as Estescincosaurus cooki by Longrich et al. (2012).
It was recombined as Estescincosaurus cooki by Longrich et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1964 | Sauriscus cooki Estes pp. 117-119 fig. 55 |
| 1983 | Sauriscus cooki Estes p. 114 fig. 27a |
| 2012 | Estescincosaurus cooki Longrich et al. |
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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.
†Estescincosaurus cooki Estes 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Sauriscus cooki (14519) | |
| Lancian | USA (South Dakota) | Sauriscus cooki (14537) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | Sauriscus cooki (type locality: 14585) |