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Theiophytalia kerri
Taxonomy
Theiophytalia kerri was named by Brill and Carpenter (2007). Its type specimen is YPM 1887, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Garden of the Gods, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial sandstone in the Purgatoire Formation of Colorado.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2007 | Theiophytalia kerri Brill and Carpenter p. 59 figs. 3.4A-D |
2010 | Theiophytalia kerri Carpenter and Ishida p. 156 |
2010 | Theiophytalia kerri McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39 |
2010 | Theiophytalia kerri McDonald et al. p. 808 fig. 10 |
2010 | Theiophytalia kerri Milito p. 8 |
2013 | Theiophytalia kerri Zheng et al. |
2016 | Theiophytalia kerri Kirkland et al. p. 31 |
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†Theiophytalia kerri Brill and Carpenter 2007
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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K. Brill and K. Carpenter 2007 | Anterior edge of snout very rugose; short, tomial edge of premaxillary beak lower than alveolar surface of maxilla; small antorbital fenestra set within a small antorbital fossa; wide dorsal process of the maxilla, striated jugal "horn" projecting posteroventrally, lateral quadrate fenestra covered by quadratojugal; stout quadrate, posterior side of shaft with groove that extends above level of the quadratojugal, bulbous distal end; and palpebral short, conical and projecting posterolaterally over the orbit; lamina of dentary extends posteroventrally over angular. |