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Telmasaurus grangeri

Reptilia - Varanidae

Taxonomy
Telmasaurus grangeri was named by Gilmore (1943). Its type specimen is AMNH 6645, a partial skeleton (posterior dorsal part of skull, three dorsal vertebrae, parts of others, rib and other bone fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shabarakh Usu (AMNH loc. 12049), which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Telmasaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Telmasaurus grangeri Gilmore
1983Telmasaurus grangeri Estes pp. 187-188 figs. 48a-c
1984Telmasaurus grangeri Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
infraorderPlatynotaBaur 1890
superfamilyVaranoideaGray 1827
familyVaranidaeHardwicke and Gray 1824
genusTelmasaurusGilmore 1943
speciesgrangeri

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.

†Telmasaurus grangeri Gilmore 1943
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Diagnosis
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