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Polyptchodon rugosus
Taxonomy
Polyptchodon rugosus was named by Emmons (1858). Its type specimen is USNM PAL 535447, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elizabethtown, which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Tar Heel Formation of North Carolina.
It was recombined as Polyptychodon rugosus by Emmons (1858); it was recombined as Thecachampsa rugosus by Cope (1871); it was recombined as Thecachampsa rugosa by Cope (1871); it was recombined as Crocodylus rugosus by Hay (1902), Hay (1902), Hay (1930) and Miller (1967); it was recombined as Deinosuchus rugosus by Baird and Horner (1979) and Lucas et al. (2006); it was considered a nomen dubium by Cossette and Brochu (2020).
It was recombined as Polyptychodon rugosus by Emmons (1858); it was recombined as Thecachampsa rugosus by Cope (1871); it was recombined as Thecachampsa rugosa by Cope (1871); it was recombined as Crocodylus rugosus by Hay (1902), Hay (1902), Hay (1930) and Miller (1967); it was recombined as Deinosuchus rugosus by Baird and Horner (1979) and Lucas et al. (2006); it was considered a nomen dubium by Cossette and Brochu (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1858 | Polyptchodon rugosus Emmons |
| 1858 | Polyptychodon rugosus Emmons p. 219 |
| 1869 | Polydectes biturgidus Cope p. 192 |
| 1870 | Polydectes biturgidus Cope |
| 1871 | Thecachampsa rugosus Cope |
| 1871 | Thecachampsa rugosa Cope p. 210 |
| 1902 | Crocodylus rugosus Hay |
| 1902 | Polydectes biturgidus Hay p. 514 |
| 1930 | Crocodylus rugosus Hay p. 154 |
| 1930 | Polydectes biturgidus Hay p. 158 |
| 1967 | Crocodylus rugosus Miller p. 230 |
| 1979 | Deinosuchus rugosus Baird and Horner p. 22 |
| 2006 | Deinosuchus rugosus Lucas et al. pp. 245-246 |
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†Polyptchodon rugosus Emmons 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available