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Niobrarasaurus coleii
Taxonomy
Hierosaurus coleii was named by Mehl (1936). Its type specimen is FHSM VP-14855 (= MU 650 VP), a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is tributary of Smoky Hill River, which is in a Coniacian marine chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas. It was considered monophyletic by Vickaryous et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Niobrarasaurus coleii by Carpenter et al. (1995), Ford (2000), Carpenter (2001), Ford and Kirkland (2001), Vickaryous et al. (2004), Carpenter and Everhart (2007), Osi and Makádi (2009), Loewen et al. (2013), Han et al. (2014) and Galton (2019).
It was recombined as Niobrarasaurus coleii by Carpenter et al. (1995), Ford (2000), Carpenter (2001), Ford and Kirkland (2001), Vickaryous et al. (2004), Carpenter and Everhart (2007), Osi and Makádi (2009), Loewen et al. (2013), Han et al. (2014) and Galton (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1936 | Hierosaurus coleii Mehl p. 2 |
| 1995 | Niobrarasaurus coleii Carpenter et al. p. 276 |
| 1996 | Hierosaurus coleii Coombs, Jr. and Deméré p. 319 |
| 2000 | Niobrarasaurus coleii Ford p. 175 |
| 2001 | Niobrarasaurus coleii Carpenter p. 457 |
| 2001 | Niobrarasaurus coleii Ford and Kirkland p. 255 |
| 2003 | Niobrarasaurus colei Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola p. 161 |
| 2004 | Niobrarasaurus coleii Vickaryous et al. p. 367 |
| 2007 | Niobrarasaurus coleii Carpenter and Everhart p. 1 |
| 2009 | Niobrarasaurus coleii Osi and Makádi p. 236 |
| 2013 | Niobrarasaurus coleii Loewen et al. p. 447 |
| 2014 | Niobrarasaurus coleii Han et al. p. 12 fig. 7 |
| 2019 | Niobrarasaurus coleii Galton p. 212 |
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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.
†Niobrarasaurus coleii Mehl 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Middle Santonian or 89.30000 to 83.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Coniacian | USA (Kansas) | Hierosaurus coleii (type locality: 49040) | |
| Middle Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Niobrarasaurus coleii (49045) |