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Oxlestes grandis
Taxonomy
Oxlestes grandis was named by Nessov (1982) [type is not fused second and third cervicals, contra Nessov and Kielan-Jaworowska (1991) and Averianov (2000)]. Its type specimen is CCMGE 6/11758, a set of vertebrae (axis), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SSHD-8a, Sheikhdzheili, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Khodzhakul Formation of Uzbekistan.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Averianov and Archibald (2005).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Averianov and Archibald (2005).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1982 | Oxlestes grandis Nessov pp. 236-237 figs. Pl. 1:1 |
| 1994 | Oxlestes grandis Nessov et al. pp. 57-58 figs. pl. 1, fig. 5 |
| 2004 | Oxlestes grandis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 411, 448 |
| 2005 | Oxlestes grandis Archibald and Averianov |
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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.
†Oxlestes grandis Nessov 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Uzbekistan (Navoi) | Oxlestes grandis (type locality: 64685) |