Tinosaurus pristinus Leidy 1872

Reptilia - Squamata

Alternative combinations: Chamaeleo pristinus, Chameleo pristinus

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1872. Remarks on Fossils from Wyoming. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 24(3):277

Belongs to Tinosaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Gilmore 1928, Hay 1902, Leidy 1872 and Leidy 1873

Sister taxa: Tinosaurus lepidus, Tinosaurus stenodon

Type specimen: Philadelphia Acad. Sci. cat. no. 9134 (median portion of right dentary with eight teeth). Its type locality is Tinosaurus pristinus type locality, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

Distribution: found only at Tinosaurus pristinus type locality

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