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Bolosaurus
Taxonomy
Bolosaurus was named by Cope (1878). It is not extant. Its type is Bolosaurus striatus. It is the type genus of Bolosauridae.
It was assigned to Bolosauridae by Cope (1878), Hay (1902), Case (1907), Case (1911), Broom (1913), Hay (1930), Carroll (1988) and Reisz et al. (2002); and to Bolosaurinae by Falconnet (2012).
It was assigned to Bolosauridae by Cope (1878), Hay (1902), Case (1907), Case (1911), Broom (1913), Hay (1930), Carroll (1988) and Reisz et al. (2002); and to Bolosaurinae by Falconnet (2012).
Species
Synonymy list
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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.
G. †Bolosaurus Cope 1878
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†Bolosaurus grandis Reisz et al. 2002
†Bolosaurus major Broom 1913
†Bolosaurus striatus Cope 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Leonardian or 298.90000 to 273.01000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Asselian - Sakmarian | USA (Texas) | B. striatus (11165) | |
| Wolfcampian | USA (New Mexico) | B. sp. (180382) | |
| Wolfcampian | USA (Texas) | B. striatus (79162) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Oklahoma) | B. sp. (67862) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Texas) | B. sp. (13080) B. striatus, B. major (28142) | |
| Leonardian | USA (Oklahoma) | B. striatus (87054) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | B. sp. (28267) |