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Cyclotosaurus posthumus
Taxonomy
Cyclotosaurus posthumus was named by Fraas (1913). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SMNS 12988, a partial skull. Its type locality is Burrer Quarry, Pfaffenhofen, which is in an Alaunian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the Löwenstein Formation of Germany.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1889 | Cyclotosaurus posthumus Fraas |
1913 | Cyclotosaurus mordax Fraas |
1913 | Cyclotosaurus posthumus Fraas |
1965 | Cyclotosaurus mordax Welles and Cosgriff p. 42 |
1965 | Cyclotosaurus posthumus Welles and Cosgriff p. 43 |
1971 | Cyclotosaurus posthumus Kuhn p. 7 |
1981 | Cyclotosaurus posthumus Ingavat and Janvier p. 718 fig. 6 |
2000 | Cyclotosaurus mordax Schoch and Milner |
2001 | Cyclotosaurus posthumus Damiani p. 402 |
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†Cyclotosaurus posthumus Fraas 1913
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Invalid names: Cyclotosaurus mordax Fraas 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available