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Herpetairus arcuatus
Taxonomy
Dryolestes arcuatus was named by Marsh (1879). Its type specimen is YPM 11822, a maxilla (right maxilla with M2-7 much worn), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Herpetairus.
It was recombined as Herpetairus arcuatus by Simpson (1927), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Kraus (1979), Prothero (1981) and Engelmann and Callison (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Dryolestes priscus by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Herpetairus arcuatus by Simpson (1927), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Kraus (1979), Prothero (1981) and Engelmann and Callison (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Dryolestes priscus by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1879 | Dryolestes arcuatus Marsh p. 397 |
| 1887 | Dryolestes arcuatus Marsh p. 343 |
| 1902 | Dryolestes arcuatus Hay p. 569 |
| 1927 | Herpetairus arcuatus Simpson p. 413 |
| 1929 | Herpetairus arcuatus Simpson pp. 71-72 |
| 1930 | Herpetairus arcuatus Hay p. 373 |
| 1979 | Herpetairus arcuatus Kraus p. 164 |
| 1981 | Herpetairus arcuatus Prothero p. 292 |
| 1998 | Herpetairus arcuatus Engelmann and Callison p. 372 |
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†Herpetairus arcuatus Marsh 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available