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Peltosaurus floridanus
Taxonomy
Peltosaurus floridanus was named by Vanzolini (1952). Its type specimen is MCZ 1979, a mandible (fragment of a right mandibula), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
It was synonymized subjectively with Peltosaurus granulosus by Maddox and Wall (1998).
It was synonymized subjectively with Peltosaurus granulosus by Maddox and Wall (1998).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Peltosaurus floridanus Vanzolini p. 457 |
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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.
†Peltosaurus floridanus Vanzolini 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Hemingfordian or 20.43000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Peltosaurus floridanus (type locality: 18597) |