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Marshosaurus

Reptilia - Piatnitzkysauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Marshosaurus Madsen, Jr. pp. 51-52 figs. 1-5
1977Marshosaurus Galton p. 230
1979Marshosaurus Madsen and Miller p. 5
1984Marshosaurus Russell p. 22
1988Marshosaurus Carroll
1988Marshosaurus Paul p. 289
1989Marshosaurus Kurzanov p. 4
1991Marshosaurus Miller et al. p. 40
1993Marshosaurus Chure et al. p. 28
2004Marshosaurus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 77
2006Marshosaurus Chure et al. p. 236
2009Marshosaurus Benson and Barrett p. 137
2012Marshosaurus Carrano et al. p. 251
2013Marshosaurus Hanson and Makovicky p. 780
2016Marshosaurus Rauhut et al. p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
superfamilyMegalosauroidea()
familyPiatnitzkysauridae
genusMarshosaurus

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. †Marshosaurus Madsen, Jr. 1976
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Marshosaurus bicentesimus Madsen, Jr. 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Maximum body mass: 300 kgg
Minimum body mass: 100 kgg
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-08-24 13:28:51
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:28:51
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Utah) Megalosauridae indet. (55350)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Colorado) M. bicentesimus (45975)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Utah) M. bicentesimus (46439)