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Tamaulipasaurus morenoi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Tamaulipasaurus morenoi was named by Clark and Hernandez (1994). Its type specimen is IGM 6620, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dinosaur National Monument South, Huizachal Canyon, which is in a Pliensbachian floodplain horizon in the La Boca Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Tamaulipasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Tamaulipasaurus morenoi Clark and Hernandez p. 181
2014Tamaulipasaurus morenoi Reynoso and Cruz p. 46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
genusTamaulipasaurus
speciesmorenoi

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.

†Tamaulipasaurus morenoi Clark and Hernandez 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available