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Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis
Taxonomy
Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis was named by Carr et al. (2005) [McWayne Center, Birmingham, AL]. Its type specimen is RMM 6670 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Turnipseed Dinosaur Site (RMM), which is in a Campanian/Campanian marine marl in the Demopolis Chalk Formation of Alabama.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Carr et al. p. 120 figs. Fig. 3-20 |
| 2006 | Appallachisaurus montgomeriensis Weishampel p. 159 |
| 2007 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Averianov p. 538 |
| 2011 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Carr et al. |
| 2011 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Ebersole and King p. 83 |
| 2011 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Hone et al. p. 501 |
| 2011 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Knight et al. p. 372 |
| 2013 | Appalachiosaurus montgomerensis Dalman p. 241 |
| 2013 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Fernandes de Azevedo et al. p. 137 |
| 2013 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Ikejiri et al. p. 47 |
| 2013 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Lehman and Wick p. 471 |
| 2013 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Thomson et al. p. 71 |
| 2014 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Rivera-Sylva and Carpenter p. 146 |
| 2017 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Carr et al. p. 9s |
| 2017 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Dalman et al. p. 29 |
| 2018 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Brownstein p. 1115 |
| 2018 | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis McDonald et al. p. 1 |
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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.
†Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Carr et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. D. Carr et al. 2005 | Tyrannosauroid possessing the following autapomorphies: wide jugal process of ectopterygoid; caudal pneumatic recess of palatine situated rostral to caudal margin of vomeropterygoid process; articular surface for lacrimal of palatine situated distally; and prominent lip extending over dorsal margin of articular surface of pedal unguals. |
Measurements
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian | USA (Georgia) | Theropoda indet. (35289) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Albertosaurus sp. (54139) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis (180790) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis (79363) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Albertosaurus sp. (type locality: 48682) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Carolina) | Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis (201601) |