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Bissektipelta archibaldi
Taxonomy
Amtosaurus archibaldi was named by Averianov (2002). Its type specimen is ZIN PH 1/16, a partial skull (partial braincase and skull roof), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dzharakuduk (general), which is in a Turonian/Turonian fluvial sandstone in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. It is the type species of Bissektipelta.
It was recombined as Bissektipelta archibaldi by Parish and Barrett (2004) and Arbour and Currie (2016).
It was recombined as Bissektipelta archibaldi by Parish and Barrett (2004) and Arbour and Currie (2016).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2002 | Amtosaurus archibaldi Averianov |
2004 | Bissektipelta archibaldi Parish and Barrett p. 304 figs. 3, 5 |
2004 | Amtosaurus archibaldi Vickaryous et al. p. 367 |
2016 | Bissektipelta archibaldi Arbour and Currie p. 398 |
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†Bissektipelta archibaldi Averianov 2002
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016 | Single autapomorphy of distinctive pattern of grooves on the dorsal skull roof forming a truncated Y shape that separates three flat polygonal areas of remodelled bone; three separate exits for hypoglossal nerve (restricted distribu- tion within Ankylosauria). |