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Clevosaurus hudsoni
Taxonomy
Clevosaurus hudsoni was named by Swinton (1939). Its type specimen is BMNH R.5939, a partial skull (part of upper jaw; portions of R and L mandibles w/teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cromhall Quarry Site 1, which is in a Carnian fissure fill limestone/mudstone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Clevosaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1939 | Clevosaurus hudsoni Swinton p. 591 |
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†Clevosaurus hudsoni Swinton 1939
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| W. E. Swinton 1939 | A small Sphenodont reptile having its lower tooth row almost as large as the mandibular ramus. Teeth acrodont, conical, with the cone medially placed and vertically directed, with grea.test width and greatest length approximately equal; stoutly built, regularly arranged and 'without diastemata. Second sacral rib distally bifurcate. |