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Silvisaurus
Taxonomy
Silvisaurus was named by Eaton (1960). It was considered monophyletic by Vickaryous et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Panoplosaurinae by Sereno (1986); to Nodosauroidea by Bakker (1988); to Sauropeltinae by Ford (2000); and to Nodosauridae by Eaton (1960), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Romer (1966), Coombs (1978), Coombs (1978), Galton (1983), Russell (1984), Tumanova (1987), Carroll (1988), Weishampel et al. (1991), Coombs and Deméré (1996), Carpenter and Kirkland (1998), Vickaryous et al. (2001), Carpenter (2001), Barrett (2001), Pereda Suberbiola and Galton (2001), Vickaryous et al. (2004), Lü et al. (2007), Lü et al. (2007), Carpenter et al. (2008), Osi and Makádi (2009), Parsons and Parsons (2009), Kirkland et al. (2013), Han et al. (2014), Blows and Honeysett (2014), Blows (2014) and Yang et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Panoplosaurinae by Sereno (1986); to Nodosauroidea by Bakker (1988); to Sauropeltinae by Ford (2000); and to Nodosauridae by Eaton (1960), Tatarinov (1964), Kuhn (1964), Romer (1966), Coombs (1978), Coombs (1978), Galton (1983), Russell (1984), Tumanova (1987), Carroll (1988), Weishampel et al. (1991), Coombs and Deméré (1996), Carpenter and Kirkland (1998), Vickaryous et al. (2001), Carpenter (2001), Barrett (2001), Pereda Suberbiola and Galton (2001), Vickaryous et al. (2004), Lü et al. (2007), Lü et al. (2007), Carpenter et al. (2008), Osi and Makádi (2009), Parsons and Parsons (2009), Kirkland et al. (2013), Han et al. (2014), Blows and Honeysett (2014), Blows (2014) and Yang et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1960 | Silvisaurus Eaton, Jr. |
| 1964 | Silvisaurus Kuhn p. 51 |
| 1964 | Silvisaurus Tatarinov p. 577 |
| 1966 | Silvisaurus Romer p. 370 |
| 1978 | Silvisaurus Coombs p. 144 |
| 1983 | Silvisaurus Galton p. 6 |
| 1984 | Silvisaurus Russell p. 24 |
| 1986 | Silvisaurus Sereno |
| 1987 | Silvisaurus Tumanova p. 14 |
| 1988 | Silvisaurus Bakker p. 21 fig. 10 |
| 1988 | Silvisaurus Carroll |
| 1991 | Silvisaurus Weishampel et al. p. 209 |
| 1996 | Silvisaurus Coombs, Jr. and Deméré p. 319 |
| 1998 | Silvisaurus Carpenter and Kirkland p. 258 |
| 2000 | Silvisaurus Ford p. 175 |
| 2001 | Silvisaurus Barrett p. 41 |
| 2001 | Silvisaurus Carpenter p. 457 |
| 2001 | Silvisaurus Pereda Suberbiola and Galton p. 199 |
| 2001 | Silvisaurus Vickaryous et al. p. 1774 |
| 2004 | Silvisaurus Vickaryous et al. p. 365 |
| 2007 | Silvisaurus Lü et al. p. 889 fig. 1 |
| 2007 | Silvisaurus Lü et al. p. 349 |
| 2008 | Silvisaurus Carpenter et al. p. 1090 |
| 2009 | Silvisaurus Osi and Makádi p. 239 fig. 10 |
| 2009 | Silvisaurus Parsons and Parsons p. 736 fig. 18 |
| 2013 | Silvisaurus Kirkland et al. p. 7 |
| 2014 | Silvisaurus Blows p. 59 fig. 3 |
| 2014 | Silvisaurus Blows and Honeysett p. 838 |
| 2014 | Silvisaurus Han et al. p. 14 fig. 11 |
| 2017 | Silvisaurus Yang et al. p. 786 fig. 5 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cretaceous to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 100.50000 to 99.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Albian | USA (Kansas) | S. condrayi (34726) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | USA (Kansas) | S. sp. (49043) |