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Protognathosaurus oxyodon
Taxonomy
Protognathus oxyodon was named by Zhang (1988). Its type specimen is CHG CV 00732, a mandible (left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower], which is in a Bajocian/Oxfordian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China. It is the type species of Protognathus, Protognathosaurus.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Upchurch et al. (2004); it was recombined as Protognathosaurus oxyodon by Olshevsky (1991), Olshevsky (1992), Dong (1997), Martin-Rolland (1999), Peng et al. (2005) and Li et al. (2011).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Upchurch et al. (2004); it was recombined as Protognathosaurus oxyodon by Olshevsky (1991), Olshevsky (1992), Dong (1997), Martin-Rolland (1999), Peng et al. (2005) and Li et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1988 | Protognathus oxyodon Zhang |
| 1991 | Protognathosaurus oxyodon Olshevsky p. 21 |
| 1992 | Protognathus oxyodon Dong p. 163 |
| 1992 | Protognathosaurus oxyodon Olshevsky p. 179 |
| 1997 | Protognathosaurus oxyodon Dong p. 793 |
| 1999 | Protognathosaurus oxyodon Martin-Rolland p. 310 |
| 2005 | Protognathosaurus oxyodon Peng et al. |
| 2011 | Protognathosaurus oxyodon Li et al. p. 23 |
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†Protognathosaurus oxyodon Zhang 1988
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Peng et al. 2005 | Medium-sized primitive sauropod recognized by thick and heavy dentary with a deepened anterior end and gradually decreased dorsal margin; middle portion of dentary relatively contracted; meckelian canal quite deep and long; elongate dentition with 19~20 dentary teeth; slender and pointed dentary tooth crown with an undeveloped median ridge, metrical anterior and posterior ridges and 4~5 obvious serrations. |
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| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bajocian - Oxfordian | China (Sichuan) | Protognathus oxyodon (type locality: 24883) |