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Dinocephalosaurus orientalis
Taxonomy
Dinocephalosaurus orientalis was named by Li (2003). Its type specimen is IVPP V 13767, a skull (Nearly complete skull with some cervical vertebrae), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Xinmin, Panxian County (IVPP), which is in a Pelsonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Guanling Formation of China. It is the type species of Dinocephalosaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2003 | Dinocephalosaurus orientalis Li |
| 2010 | Dinocephalosaurus orientalis Rieppel et al. p. 96 |
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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.
†Dinocephalosaurus orientalis Li 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Renesto 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Pelsonian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pelsonian | China (Guizhou) | Dinocephalosaurus orientalis (type locality: 88049) | |
| Pelsonian | China (Yunnan) | Dinocephalosaurus orientalis (189035) |