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Ardeosaurus
Taxonomy
Ardeosaurus was named by von Meyer (1860). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Ardeosauridae.
It was assigned to Ardeosauridae by Cocude-Michel (1963), Kuhn (1966), Mateer (1982), Estes (1983) and Carroll (1988); to Carusiidae by Alifanov (2000); and to Squamata by Bolet and Evans (2010).
It was assigned to Ardeosauridae by Cocude-Michel (1963), Kuhn (1966), Mateer (1982), Estes (1983) and Carroll (1988); to Carusiidae by Alifanov (2000); and to Squamata by Bolet and Evans (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1860 | Ardeosaurus von Meyer |
| 1963 | Ardeosaurus Cocude-Michel |
| 1966 | Ardeosaurus Kuhn p. 47 |
| 1982 | Ardeosaurus Mateer |
| 1983 | Ardeosaurus Estes |
| 1988 | Ardeosaurus Carroll |
| 2000 | Ardeosaurus Alifanov p. 378 |
| 2010 | Ardeosaurus Bolet and Evans |
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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. †Ardeosaurus von Meyer 1860
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†Ardeosaurus brevipes Meyer 1909
†Ardeosaurus digitatellus Grier 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | A. brevipes (138988) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | A. brevipes (53039) A. brevipes, A. digitatellus (105797) |