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Bagaraatan ostromi
Taxonomy
Bagaraatan ostromi was named by Osmólska (1996). Its type specimen is ZPal MgD-I/108, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nemegt, Northern Sayr, site 26 [PMPE], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone/sandstone in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Bagaraatan. It was considered monophyletic by Currie (2000).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1996 | Bagaraatan ostromi Osmólska p. 3 figs. 1-13 |
1997 | Bagaraatan ostromi Osmólska p. 472 |
2000 | Bagaraatan ostromi Currie p. 449 |
2003 | Bagaraatan ostromi Rauhut p. 32 |
2004 | Bagaraatan ostromi Holtz, Jr. p. 112 |
2010 | Bagaraatan ostromi Choiniere et al. p. 1792 |
2012 | Bagaraatan ostromi Bell et al. p. 188 |
2013 | Bagaraatan ostromi Dalman p. 242 |
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†Bagaraatan ostromi Osmólska 1996
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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H. Osmólska 1996 | Mandible with two surangular foramina, articular with oblique posterior surface and short retroarticular process; caudals with hollow, very thin-walled centra; hyposphene-hypantrum articulation stout, present in at least sixteen proximal caudals; prezygapophyses in proximal caudals with ridges on lateral surfaces; ilium with two deep depressions and a crestlike projection present on lateral surface of postacetabular process; femur with anterior crest below lesser trochanter; tibia and fibula fused distally with each other and with coalesced astralalocalcaneum. |