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Lametasaurus indicus

Reptilia - Abelisauridae

Taxonomy
Lametasaurus indicus was named by Matley (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bara Simla, Jabalpur [Carnosaur Bed], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lameta Formation of India.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Maryanska (1977); it was considered a nomen dubium by Kohring et al. (1996); it was considered a nomen dubium by Carpenter (2001) and Tykoski and Rowe (2004); it was considered a nomen dubium by D'Emic et al. (2009); it was considered a nomen dubium by Novas et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Lametasaurus indicus Matley
1927Lametasaurus indicus Huene p. 267
1931Lametasaurus indicus Matley p. 276
1933Lametasaurus indicus Gilmore p. 75
1933Lametasaurus indicus Matley p. 69
1934Lametasaurus indicus Chakravarti p. 76
1935Lametasaurus indicus Young p. 26
1957Lametasaurus indicus Lapparent p. 111
1964Lametasaurus indicus Kuhn p. 48
1964Lametasaurus indicus Walker p. 119
1977Lametasaurus indicus Taquet p. 328
1980Lametasaurus indicus Molnar p. 82
1987Lametasaurus indicus Molnar and Frey p. 34
1988Lametasaurus indicus Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 416
1989Lametasaurus indicus Jain p. 99
1996Lametasaurus indicus Chatterjee and Rudra p. 518
1996Lametasaurus indicus Loyal et al. p. 630
1999Lametasaurus indicus Prasad and Sahni p. 382
2001Lametasaurus indicus Mohabey p. 484
2004Lametasaurus indicus Novas et al. p. 98
2008Lametasaurus indicus Carrano and Sampson p. 208
2010Lametasaurus indicus Maidment p. 206
2012Lametasaurus indicus Prasad p. 606
2013Lametasaurus indicus Mohabey et al. pp. 35-36
2015Lametasaurus indicus Malkani p. 7
2021Lametasaurus indicus Khosla and Bajpai p. 195
2023Lametasaurus indicus Khosla and Lucas p. 717

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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()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
suborderCeratosauria()
superfamilyAbelisauroidea
familyAbelisauridae
genusLametasaurus
speciesindicus

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.

Lametasaurus indicus Matley 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Megalosaurus sp. (type locality: 26373)