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Ostodolepis
Taxonomy
Ostodolepis was named by Williston (1913). Its type is Ostodolepis brevispinatus.
It was assigned to Reptilia by Williston (1913); to Pantylidae by Hay (1930); to Gymnarthridae by Gregory et al. (1956); to Ostodolepididae by Carroll (1988); and to Ostodolepidae by Carroll and Gaskill (1978), Carroll et al. (1998).
It was assigned to Reptilia by Williston (1913); to Pantylidae by Hay (1930); to Gymnarthridae by Gregory et al. (1956); to Ostodolepididae by Carroll (1988); and to Ostodolepidae by Carroll and Gaskill (1978), Carroll et al. (1998).
Species
O. brevispinatus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1913 | Ostodolepis Williston p. 363 |
| 1930 | Ostodolepis Hay p. 45 |
| 1956 | Ostodolepis Gregory et al. p. 29 |
| 1978 | Ostodolepis Carroll and Gaskill pp. 4, 76 |
| 1988 | Ostodolepis Carroll |
| 1998 | Ostodolepis Carroll et al. p. 5 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available