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Dyslocosaurus polyonychius

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Taxonomy
Dyslocosaurus polyonychius was named by Mcintosh et al. (1992). Its type specimen is AC 663, a set of limb elements, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lance Creek area, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial horizon in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Dyslocosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Dyslocosaurus polyonychius Mcintosh et al. p. 158
2006Dyslocosaurus polyonychius Chure et al. p. 236
2013Dyslocosaurus polyonychius Tschopp and Mateus p. 880
2015Dyslocosaurus polyonychius Tschopp et al.
2018Dyslocosaurus polyonychius Maltese et al. p. 2

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Diplodocoidea()
—Diplodocimorpha
—Flagellicaudata
—Dicraeosauridae()
genusDyslocosaurus
speciespolyonychius

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.

†Dyslocosaurus polyonychius Mcintosh et al. 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available