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Melanodon oweni
Taxonomy
Melanodon oweni was named by Simpson (1927). Its type specimen is YPM 10663, a maxilla (part of right maxilla with P4 and M1-5), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Melanodon.
It was recombined as Laolestes oweni by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Laolestes oweni by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Melanodon oweni Simpson 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Melanodon oweni (type locality: 12816) |