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Thescelosaurus edmontonensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Thescelosaurus edmontonensis was named by Sternberg (1940). Its type specimen is NMC No. 8537, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton with partial skull and partial forelimbs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 8 miles northwest of Rumsey (260 ft level) [NMC], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Scollard Formation of Canada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Thescelosaurus neglectus by Galton (1989), Sues and Norman (1990), Galton (1995), Norman et al. (2004), Butler et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Thescelosaurus edmontonensis Sternberg p. 481
1951Thescelosaurus edmontonensis Sternberg p. 225
1964Thescelosaurus edmontonensis Kuhn p. 6
1964Thescelosaurus edmontonensis Russell p. 19
1965Thescelosaurus edmontonensis Simmons p. 68
1966Thescelosaurus edmontonensis Russell p. 24
1967Thescelosaurus edmontonensis Charig p. 716
1975Thescelosaurus edmontonensis Thulborn p. 99
1997Thescelosaurus edmontonensis Eberth p. 202
2009Thescelosaurus edmontonensis Boyd et al. p. 765

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
genusThescelosaurus
speciesedmontonensis

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.

Thescelosaurus edmontonensis Sternberg 1940
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Diagnosis
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