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Mimeosaurus
Taxonomy
Mimeosaurus was named by Gilmore (1943). It is not extant. Its type is Mimeosaurus crassus.
It was assigned to Chamaeleonidae by Gilmore (1943); to Priscagamidae by Alifanov (1989), Alifanov (1993); to Agamidae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Gao and Hou (1996); to Mimeosaurini by Alifanov (1996); to Priscagaminae by Borsuk-Bialynicka and Moody (1984), Gao and Hou (1995), Gao and Norell (2000); and to Hoplocercidae by Alifanov (2000).
It was assigned to Chamaeleonidae by Gilmore (1943); to Priscagamidae by Alifanov (1989), Alifanov (1993); to Agamidae by Estes (1983), Carroll (1988), Gao and Hou (1996); to Mimeosaurini by Alifanov (1996); to Priscagaminae by Borsuk-Bialynicka and Moody (1984), Gao and Hou (1995), Gao and Norell (2000); and to Hoplocercidae by Alifanov (2000).
Species
M. crassus (type species), M. tugrikinensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1943 | Mimeosaurus Gilmore p. 367 |
| 1983 | Mimeosaurus Estes |
| 1984 | Mimeosaurus Borsuk-Bialynicka and Moody p. 67 |
| 1988 | Mimeosaurus Carroll |
| 1989 | Mimeosaurus Alifanov p. 78 |
| 1993 | Mimeosaurus Alifanov p. 10 |
| 1995 | Mimeosaurus Gao and Hou p. 69 |
| 1996 | Mimeosaurus Alifanov p. 481 |
| 1996 | Mimeosaurus Gao and Hou p. 583 |
| 2000 | Mimeosaurus Alifanov p. 371 |
| 2000 | Mimeosaurus Gao and Norell p. 32 |
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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.
G. †Mimeosaurus Gilmore 1943
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†Mimeosaurus crassus Gilmore 1943
†Mimeosaurus tugrikinensis Alifanov 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak) | M. crassus (68517) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | M. crassus (37016 37184 46152) M. tugrikinensis (118259) | |
| Middle Campanian | China (Nei Mongol) | M. crassus (118300 118301 118302) |