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Eotriceratops xerinsularis

Reptilia - Ceratopsidae

Taxonomy
Eotriceratops xerinsularis was named by Wu et al. (2007). Its type specimen is RTMP 2002.57.5, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Eotriceratops type, Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincal Park, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial shale in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Eotriceratops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Eotriceratops xerinsularis Wu et al. p. 1245 figs. 2, 5-13
2008Eotriceratops xerinsularis Hunt and Lehman p. 1132
2010Eotriceratops xerinsularis Longrich p. 692 fig. 10
2010Eotriceratops xerinsularis Sullivan and Lucas p. 178
2013Eotriceratops xerinsularis Longrich p. 57
2014Eotriceratops xerinsularis Longrich p. 303

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Marginocephalia
—Ceratopsia()
infraorderNeoceratopsia
—Coronosauria
superfamilyCeratopsoidea
familyCeratopsidae
subfamilyChasmosaurinae
—Triceratopsini
genusEotriceratops
speciesxerinsularis

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.

†Eotriceratops xerinsularis Wu et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available