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Mongolostegus exspectabilis

Osteichthyes - Stegosauridae

Taxonomy
Mongolostegus exspectabilis was named by Tumanova and Alifanov (2018). Its type specimen is PIN 3779-15, a partial skeleton (pubis, vertebrae, rib, pelvic bones), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chamrin-Us (PIN coll. 3779) [SMPE], which is in an Aptian/Albian fluvial-lacustrine claystone/sandstone in the Dzunbain Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Mongolostegus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Mongolostegus exspectabilis Tumanova and Alifanov p. 1773 figs. Plates 4–6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Thyreophora()
—Stegosauria()
familyStegosauridae
genusMongolostegus
speciesexspectabilis

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.

†Mongolostegus exspectabilis Tumanova and Alifanov 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available