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Megalosauropus titanopelobatidus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Eubrontes titanopelopatidus was named by Shuler (1917). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is TMM 43032, Paluxy River #D1, which is in an Albian lagoonal limestone in the Glen Rose Limestone Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Megalosauropus titanopelobatidus by Haubold (1971); it was misspelled as Eubrontes titanoplopatidus by Perkins and Stewart (1971); it was considered a nomen nudum by Langston (1974); it was considered a nomen nudum by Farlow (1987); it was considered a nomen dubium by Pittman (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Eubrontes titanopelopatidus Shuler
1929Eubrontes tilanopelopatidus Gould p. 459
1930Eubrontes titanopelopatidus Hay p. 12
1971Megalosauropus titanopelobatidus Haubold p. 79
1971Eubrontes titanoplopatidus Perkins and Stewart p. 56
1979Eubrontes titanopelopatidus Langston p. 42

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
genusMegalosauropus
speciestitanopelobatidus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available