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Cymbospondylus piscosus
Taxonomy
Cymbospondylus piscosus was named by Leidy (1868). It is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1868 | Cymbospondylus piscosus Leidy |
| 1902 | Cymbospondylus piscosus Hay p. 463 |
| 1902 | Cymbospondylus piscosus Merriam p. 104 figs. Pl. 16, figs. 1 and 2 |
| 1930 | Cymbospondylus piscosus Hay p. 125 |
| 2000 | Cymbospondylus piscosus Maisch and Matzke p. 64 |
| 2003 | Cymbospondylus piscosus McGowan and Motani |
| 2010 | Cymbospondylus piscosus Maisch |
| 2016 | Cymbospondylus piscosus Ji et al. p. 7 |
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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.
†Cymbospondylus piscosus Leidy 1868
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2000 | "Dorsal vertebral centra more than half as long than high." | |
| C. Ji et al. 2016 | Cymbospondylus with long and robust snout, orbit relatively small, cheek region wide, postfrontal large and medi- ally extended over anterior-most margin of upper temporal fenestra, and dentary labial shelf. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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