Habrosaurus dilatus Gilmore 1928 (siren)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Synonym: Adelphesiren olivae Goin and Auffenberg 1958

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201

Belongs to Habrosaurus according to R. Estes 1976

See also Bryant 1989, Estes 1964, Estes 1981, Gardner 2003, Gilmore 1928, Goin and Auffenberg 1958, Hay 1930 and Sullivan 1991

Sister taxon: Habrosaurus prodilatus

Type specimens:

  • Habrosaurus dilatus: USNM 10749 (greater portion of left dentary with teeth). Its type locality is Lance Creek (AMNH 1892 general), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.
  • Adelphesiren olivae: CM 6467, a set of vertebrae (dorsal vertebra). Its type locality is Carnegie Museum Lance collection, which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (8: Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (39: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 48 collections each including a single occurrence

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