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Gilmoreteius ferrugenous

Reptilia - Polyglyphanodontidae

Taxonomy
Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous was named by Gilmore (1943). Its type specimen is AMNH 6520, a partial skeleton (Incomplete skull and part of the right ramus), 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 Macrocephalosaurus.

It was recombined as Gilmoreteius ferrugenous by Langer (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous Gilmore pp. 362-364 figs. 1-2
1975Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous Sulimski p. 30
1983Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous Estes p. 83
1991Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous Gao and Fox
1998Gilmoreteius ferrugenous Langer p. 16
2000Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous Alifanov p. 373
2000Macrocephalosaurus ferrugenous Gao and Norell p. 70

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Scincomorpha()
—PolyglyphanodontiaAlifanov 2000
familyPolyglyphanodontidaeGilmore 1942
genusGilmoreteius
speciesferrugenous()

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.

†Gilmoreteius ferrugenous Gilmore 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available