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Bissektipelta archibaldi

Reptilia - Ankylosauridae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Amtosaurus archibaldi Averianov
2004Bissektipelta archibaldi Parish and Barrett p. 304 figs. 3, 5
2004Amtosaurus archibaldi Vickaryous et al. p. 367
2016Bissektipelta archibaldi Arbour and Currie p. 398

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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()
—Ankylosauria()
familyAnkylosauridae
genusBissektipelta
speciesarchibaldi()

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.

†Bissektipelta archibaldi Averianov 2002
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016Single 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).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Uzbekistan (Navoi) Amtosaurus archibaldi (type locality: 93204)