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Plioplatecarpus crassartus
Taxonomy
Liodon crassartus was named by Cope (1871) [From the Lower Pierre Formation near Eagle Trail, Kansas]. Its type specimen is AMNH 1562, a partial skeleton (vertebrae and limb elements), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Platecarpus crassartus by Cope (1874), Cope (1875) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Lestosaurus crassartus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Prognathodon crassartus by Russell (1967); it was considered a nomen dubium by Konishi et al. (2010); it was recombined as Plioplatecarpus crassartus by Konishi et al. (2011).
It was recombined as Platecarpus crassartus by Cope (1874), Cope (1875) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Lestosaurus crassartus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Prognathodon crassartus by Russell (1967); it was considered a nomen dubium by Konishi et al. (2010); it was recombined as Plioplatecarpus crassartus by Konishi et al. (2011).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1871 | Liodon crassartus Cope p. 15 |
1874 | Platecarpus crassartus Cope p. 36 |
1875 | Platecarpus crassartus Cope p. 153 |
1902 | Lestosaurus crassartus Hay p. 470 |
1930 | Platecarpus crassartus Hay p. 260 |
1967 | Prognathodon crassartus Russell p. 164 |
2011 | Plioplatecarpus crassartus Konishi et al. p. 1026 |
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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.
†Plioplatecarpus crassartus Cope 1871
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Diagnosis
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D. A. Russell 1967 | "Chevrons free. Pectoral crest of humerus large, medially located." |
Measurements
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Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Gervais 1852, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Collections
No collection or age range data are available