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Platypterygius bedengensis
Taxonomy
Plutoniosaurus bedengensis was named by Efimov (1997). Its type specimen is UPM No. 2/740, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Right Volga bank, 12 km north of Ulyanovsk, which is in a Hauterivian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.
It was considered a nomen dubium by McGowan and Motani (2003); it was recombined as Platypterygius bedengensis by Storrs et al. (2000), Maisch and Matzke (2000) and Maisch (2010).
It was considered a nomen dubium by McGowan and Motani (2003); it was recombined as Platypterygius bedengensis by Storrs et al. (2000), Maisch and Matzke (2000) and Maisch (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Plutoniosaurus bedengensis Efimov |
| 2000 | Platypterygius bedengensis Maisch and Matzke p. 82 |
| 2000 | Platypterygius bedengensis Storrs et al. p. 201 |
| 2010 | Platypterygius bedengensis Maisch |
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†Platypterygius bedengensis Efimov 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available