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Taxonomy
Blanosaurus primeocaenus was named by Folie et al. (2013). Its type specimen is IRSNB R 287 (DIII RS26), a mandible (Nearly complete left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dormaal, which is in a Ypresian fluvial sandstone in the Tienen Formation of Belgium. It is the type species of Blanosaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2013 | Blanosaurus primeocaenus Folie et al. |
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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.
†Blanosaurus primeocaenus Folie et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Pianka and Vitt 2003 | |||||
Age range: MP 10 or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Belgium (Brabant) | Blanosaurus primeocaenus (type locality: 35531) | |
| MP 10 | France (Picardie) | Amphisbaenidae indet. (68440) | |
| MP 8 + 9 | France (Picardie) | Amphisbaenidae indet. (84997) |