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Mesadactylus ornithosphyos
Taxonomy
Mesadactylus ornithosphyos was named by Jensen and Padian (1989). Its type specimen is BYU 2024, a set of vertebrae (synsacrum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dry Mesa Quarry [BYU], which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian channel sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1989 | Mesadactylus ornithosphyos Jensen and Padian pp. 365-367 fig. 1.4 |
1991 | Mesadactylus ornithosphyos Miller et al. p. 31 |
2004 | Mesadactylus ornithosphyos Smith et al. p. 850 |
2006 | Mesadactylus ornithosphyos Chure et al. p. 236 |
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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.
†Mesadactylus ornithosphyos Jensen and Padian 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | Aves indet. (type locality: 45975) |