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Zalmoxes shqiperorum
Taxonomy
Zalmoxes shqiperorum was named by Weishampel et al. (2003). Its type specimen is BMNH R4900, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vurpar (Vp), which is in a Maastrichtian dry floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Şard Formation of Romania. It was considered monophyletic by Weishampel et al. (2003).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Weishampel et al. p. 94 figs. 25-34 |
| 2004 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Norman p. 414 |
| 2005 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Bojar et al. p. 208 |
| 2005 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Buffetaut p. 44 |
| 2005 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Grigorescu p. 204 |
| 2006 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Dalla Vecchia p. 12 |
| 2006 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Sachs and Hornung p. 424 |
| 2007 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Pereda Suberbiola and Galton p. 265 |
| 2008 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Irmis and Knoll p. 121 |
| 2010 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39 |
| 2012 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum McDonald p. 2 |
| 2013 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Brusatte et al. p. 634 |
| 2013 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Zheng et al. |
| 2016 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Dieudonné et al. p. 2 |
| 2017 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Brusatte et al. p. 4 |
| 2017 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Godefroit et al. p. 5 |
| 2018 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Bell et al. p. 12 |
| 2018 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Herne et al. p. 46 |
| 2018 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Madzia et al. p. 970 |
| 2019 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Bell et al. p. 6 fig. 4 |
| 2019 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Herne et al. p. 568 |
| 2019 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Párraga and Prieto-Márquez p. 254 |
| 2020 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Dieudonné et al. |
| 2021 | Zalmoxes shqiperorum Pérez-Pueyo et al. p. 23 |
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†Zalmoxes shqiperorum Weishampel et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. B. Weishampel et al. 2003 | Species of Zalmoxes whose dentary has a wide, angular buccal emargination that forms a horizontal platform extending for the full length of the dentition behind and medial to the coronoid process; a scapular blade that is narrow and strap-like proximally and expands sharply posterodistally; expansion of the region adjacent to the coracoid suture and acromial process, the latter forming a prominent flange; an ischium with a boot-like distal expansion of the distal end of the ischium. |
Measurements
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Mochlodon sp. (96689) Zalmoxes shqiperorum (13334 67817 115102) Zalmoxes sp. (97948) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Romania (Alba) | Ornithopoda indet. (153475) Zalmoxes shqiperorum (type locality: 80858) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Romania (Salaj) | Zalmoxes shqiperorum (115075) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Zalmoxes shqiperorum (26369) |