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Tappenosaurus magnus
Taxonomy
Tappenosaurus magnus was named by Olson and Beerbower (1953). Its type specimen is CNHM (FMNH) UR 143, a partial skull (part of occipital-sphenoid-otic complex and side wall of skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality KN (San Angelo Fm.), which is in a Kungurian/Roadian terrestrial shale/conglomerate in the San Angelo Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Tappenosaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Tappenosaurus magnus Olson and Beerbower p. 412 fig. 8 |
| 1962 | Tappenosaurus magnus Olson pp. 74, 89 figs. 12, 14-16; Pl. 11 |
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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.
†Tappenosaurus magnus Olson and Beerbower 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||