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Plateosauravus cullingworthi
Taxonomy
Plateosaurus cullingworthi was named by Haughton (1924). Its type specimen is SAM 3341, 3345, 3347, 3350-51, 3603, 3607, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is kopje, Kromme Spruit (zone A/5), which is in a Norian terrestrial horizon in the Elliot Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Plateosauravus.
It was recombined as Plateosauravus cullingworthi by Huene (1932), Huene (1932), Kuhn (1939), Huene (1940), Haughton and Brink (1954), Charig (1967), Ellenberger (1970), Steel (1970), Yates (2003), Galton et al. (2005), Yates (2007), Upchurch et al. (2007), Barrett (2009), Langer et al. (2010) and Yates et al. (2011); it was synonymized subjectively with Euskelesaurus brownii by Heerden (1979) and Galton (2001); it was synonymized subjectively with Euskelosaurus browni by Galton (2001); it was considered a nomen dubium by Galton and Upchurch (2004); it was misspelled as Plateosauravus cullingsworthi by Sciscio et al. (2023).
It was recombined as Plateosauravus cullingworthi by Huene (1932), Huene (1932), Kuhn (1939), Huene (1940), Haughton and Brink (1954), Charig (1967), Ellenberger (1970), Steel (1970), Yates (2003), Galton et al. (2005), Yates (2007), Upchurch et al. (2007), Barrett (2009), Langer et al. (2010) and Yates et al. (2011); it was synonymized subjectively with Euskelesaurus brownii by Heerden (1979) and Galton (2001); it was synonymized subjectively with Euskelosaurus browni by Galton (2001); it was considered a nomen dubium by Galton and Upchurch (2004); it was misspelled as Plateosauravus cullingsworthi by Sciscio et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1924 | Plateosaurus cullingworthi Haughton p. 407 |
1932 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Huene |
1939 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Kuhn p. 66 |
1940 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Huene p. 263 |
1954 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Haughton and Brink p. 36 |
1967 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Charig p. 712 |
1970 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Ellenberger p. 346 |
1970 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Steel p. 57 |
2003 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Yates |
2005 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Galton et al. p. 2 |
2007 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Upchurch et al. p. 76 |
2007 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Yates p. 103 |
2009 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Barrett p. 1032 |
2010 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Langer et al. p. 70 |
2011 | Plateosauravus cullingworthi Yates et al. p. 623 |
2023 | Plateosauravus cullingsworthi Sciscio et al. p. 3 |
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†Plateosauravus cullingworthi Haughton 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available