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Dolichosaurus longicollis
Taxonomy
Dolichosaurus longicollis was named by Owen (1850). Its type specimen is BMNH R49002, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Culand Pits, Burham, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian basinal (carbonate) chalk/marl in the United Kingdom.
Synonymy list
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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.
†Dolichosaurus longicollis Owen 1850
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. W. Caldwell 2000 | At least nineteen cervical vertebrae with large posteriorly placed hypapophyses and unfused peduncles; at least thirty-two trunk vertebrae; long, slightly curved ribs, body laterally compressed; scapulocoracoid fenestra absent; forelimb shorter and less robust than hindlimb; humerus subequal in length to two anterior dorsal vertebrae; ectepicondylar foramen absent; at least one pygal vertebra. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cenomanian - Turonian | United Kingdom (England) | Dolichosaurus longicollis (type locality: 92426) Dolichosaurus sp. (92427) |