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Adamisaurus magnidentatus

Reptilia - Polyglyphanodontidae

Taxonomy
Adamisaurus magnidentatus was named by Sulimski (1972). Its type specimen is ZPal MgR-II/80, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bayn Dzak, site 2 [PMPE], which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Adamisaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Adamisaurus magnidentatus Sulimski p. 36 figs. 1-2
1983Adamisaurus magnidentatus Estes pp. 78-79 fig. 18
1991Adamisaurus magnidentatus Gao and Fox
1996Adamisaurus magnidentatus Gao and Hou p. 586
2000Adamisaurus magnidentatus Gao and Norell p. 53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Scincomorpha()
—PolyglyphanodontiaAlifanov 2000
familyPolyglyphanodontidaeGilmore 1942
genusAdamisaurusSulimski 1972
speciesmagnidentatus

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.

†Adamisaurus magnidentatus Sulimski 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-01-04 09:46:07
Modified: 2009-01-04 11:46:07
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Evans and Manabe 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mongolia (Omnogov) Adamisaurus magnidentatus (45329 68519 68520 68521 68522 68523)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Adamisaurus magnidentatus (type locality: 37013 37016 51033)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak) Adamisaurus magnidentatus (37184)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6China (Nei Mongol) Adamisaurus magnidentatus (118300 118301 118302)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Adamisaurus magnidentatus (13776 28243 62914)