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Mesosaurus tenuidens
Taxonomy
Mesosaurus tenuidens was named by Gervais (1865). Its type specimen is MNHN 1865-77, a partial skeleton (anterior trunk and skull), and it is a mold.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1865 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Gervais |
1869 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Gervais p. 223 |
1889 | Ditrochosaurus capensis Gürich p. 641 figs. pl. XXVII |
1889 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Lydekker p. 300 fig. 85 |
1892 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Seeley p. 591 figs. 5 Pl. XVIII |
1905 | Ditrochosaurus capensis Broom p. 103 |
1905 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Broom pp. 103, 106 figs. 1-5 Pl. IX |
1908 | Mesosaurus capensis Broom p. 380 |
1908 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Broom p. 380 |
1908 | Mesosaurus brasiliensis Mac Gregor figs. in pls. I to IV and text-figs. 1 & 2 |
1914 | Mesosaurus capensis Stromer p. 531 |
1914 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Stromer p. 531 |
1928 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Perrier p. 3090 |
1987 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Oelofsen and Araujo p. 370 |
1999 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Rossmann and Maisch p. 72 figs. 1, 2 |
2000 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Rossmann p. 15 fig. 1 |
2002 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Rossmann p. 204 figs. 4, 5 |
2007 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Karl et al. pp. 68, 69 figs. 2-6 |
2010 | Mesosaurus tenuidens Modesto |
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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.
†Mesosaurus tenuidens Gervais 1865
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Invalid names: Ditrochosaurus capensis Gürich 1889 [synonym], Mesosaurus brasiliensis Mac Gregor 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Rossmann 2002, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Artinskian | Brazil (Goiás) | Mesosaurus tenuidens (89839) | |
Artinskian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | Ditrochosaurus capensis (89799) Mesosaurus tenuidens (90311 90312 90345) | |
Artinskian | Namibia (Erongo) | Mesosaurus tenuidens (28468 28469 28470 28471) | |
Artinskian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Mesosaurus brasiliensis (90215) Mesosaurus tenuidens (90193 90339) | |
Artinskian | Namibia (Karas) | Mesosaurus tenuidens (90755) | |
Artinskian | Uruguay (Cerro Largo) | Mesosaurus brasiliensis (90863 90865) | |
Artinskian | Brazil (Paraná) | Mesosaurus brasiliensis (90341 90573) Mesosaurus tenuidens (90190 90344 90423) Mesosaurus tenuidens, Mesosaurus brasiliensis (90323) | |
Artinskian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Mesosaurus tenuidens (90191) |