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Tenontosaurus dossi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Tenontosaurus dossi was named by Winkler et al. (1997). It is not extant. Its type specimen is FWMSH 93B1. Its type locality is Doss Ranch, SMU Loc. 226-1, which is in an Aptian estuary/bay sandstone in the Twin Mountains Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Tenontosaurus dossi Winkler et al. p. 331 figs. 2-18
1998Tenontosaurus dossi Brinkman et al. p. 19
2001Tenontosaurus dossi Naish and Martill p. 81
2002Tenontosaurus dossi Buchholz p. 19
2004Tenontosaurus dossi Norman p. 414
2008Tenontosaurus dossi Butler et al. p. 11
2009Tenontosaurus dossi Galton p. 215
2010Tenontosaurus dossi Carpenter and Ishida p. 155
2010Tenontosaurus dossi McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39
2012Tenontosaurus dossi Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14
2012Tenontosaurus dossi McDonald p. 2
2013Tenontosaurus dossi Zheng et al.
2015Tenontosaurus dossi Adams p. 9
2016Tenontosaurus dossi Dieudonné et al. p. 30
2018Tenontosaurus dossi Bell et al. p. 17
2018Tenontosaurus dossi Madzia et al. p. 973 fig. 4
2019Tenontosaurus dossi Andrzejewski et al. p. 2
2019Tenontosaurus dossi Bell et al. p. 6
2019Tenontosaurus dossi Herne et al. p. 574 fig. 25
2020Tenontosaurus dossi Dieudonné et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
—Iguanodontia()
genusTenontosaurus
speciesdossi

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.

†Tenontosaurus dossi Winkler et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. J. Butler et al. 2008The retention...of premaxillary teeth and a postpubic process equal in length to the ischium.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-08-25 05:58:58
Modified: 2005-08-25 07:58:58
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Peczkis 1995, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0USA (Texas) Tenontosaurus dossi (type locality: 52895)