Ltliminosaurus, Romer, 1966
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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00536.x |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F44A3318-FC17-41C8-867C-8E936B7DF68D |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5492213 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CD87E4-FFE7-3F1C-B725-FB41FB50FDCA |
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Felipe |
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LTLIMINOSAURUS [SIC] ROMER, 1966
Type species: Geosaurus giganteus (Von Sömmerring, 1816) Cuvier, 1824 sensu Von Quenstedt, 1852 .
Valid species: Geosaurus giganteus (Von Sömmerring, 1816) Cuvier, 1824 sensu Von Quenstedt, 1852 .
Holotype: NHM R.1229, incomplete skull and mandible lacking snout and posterior region.
Geosaurus grandis (Wagner, 1858) Von Zittel, 1887 –1890.
Holotype: BSPG AS-VI-1 , complete skull and mandible.
Geosaurus lapparenti (Debelmas & Strannoloubsky, 1957) comb. nov.
Holotype: UJF-ID.11847, isolated cranial remains, cervical and caudal vertebrae, pectoral girdle elements.
Geosaurus carpenteri (Wilkinson et al., 2008) comb. nov.
Holotype: BRSMG Ce17365, incomplete skull.
Etymology: ‘Earth lizard’. Ge- is the Ancient Greek for Earth (in the sense of ground), as the holotype was found within the limestones of Germany, whereas -sauros is the Ancient Greek for lizard.
Geological range: From the lower Oxfordian (cordatum ammonite zone; NHM 36336 and NHM 36339) to the upper Valanginian (peregrinus ammonite zone; G. lapparenti ) .
Geographical range: European endemic ( UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland).
Emended diagnosis: see above.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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