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Peltosaurus

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Peltosaurus Cope pp. 5 - 6
1902Peltosaurus Hay p. 475
1908Peltosaurus Lambe
1930Peltosaurus Hay p. 254
1938Peltosaurus Gilmore p. 21
1942Peltosaurus Gilmore p. 161
1953Peltosaurus Galbreath p. 39
1954Peltosaurus McDowell and Bogert p. 130
1955Peltosaurus Brattstrom p. 147
1959Peltosaurus Hecht p. 134
1964Peltosaurus Estes p. 119
1983Peltosaurus Estes
1986Peltosaurus Sullivan p. 110
1988Peltosaurus Carroll
1998Peltosaurus Maddox and Wall p. 5
2006Peltosaurus Conrad p. 122
2006Peltosaurus Smith p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
superfamilyAnguioideaFitzinger 1826
genusPeltosaurus

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. †Peltosaurus Cope 1873
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†Peltosaurus floridanus Vanzolini 1952
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Invalid names: Peltosaurus abbotti Gilmore 1928 [synonym]
†Peltosaurus macrodon Brattstrom 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Harrisonian or 63.80000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) P. sp. (14913)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (16244)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) P. macrodon (16786 16790)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) P. sp. (16885 17007)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (16930 16941 17014 17033 99593)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (North Dakota) P. sp. (16991)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) P. sp. (16919 101961)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) P. granulosus (17067 17092 17162 17179 180329 232916) P. sp. (17094 17166 17173 17174 232913 232923)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) P. granulosus (17197 118198 180029)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Montana) P. sp. (17075)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) P. granulosus (17160 17175 17297 179967 180108 180113) P. sp. (17289 232900 232924)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Colorado) P. granulosus (180115)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Nebraska) P. granulosus (180114)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (17404 17418)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) P. sp. (17384)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Florida) P. sp. (17341)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) P. sp. (17516)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) P. granulosus (17510) P. sp. (17465)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (South Dakota) P. granulosus (17561)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (17802)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Texas) P. sp. (18663)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) P. floridanus (18597)