Rhacheosaurus gracilis, Young & Brusatte & Ruta & Andrade, 2010
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00571.x |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:05E4FB9D-4087-4BB7-88F4-D650CDD6046C |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C3187AE-9500-FFB8-FCF5-FC9BFC41F964 |
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treatment provided by |
Valdenar |
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scientific name |
Rhacheosaurus gracilis |
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RHACHEOSAURUS GRACILIS VON MEYER, 1831
1831 Rhacheosaurus gracilis gen. et sp. nov.; von Meyer
1858 Cricosaurus medius sp. nov.; Wagner
1901 Geosaurus medius comb. nov.; Fraas
1901 Geosaurus gracilis comb. nov.; Fraas
Holotype: Lost; however, two plastotypes survive (of the vertebral column and the hindlimbs): AMNH FR 4804 About AMNH and NHM R.3961.
Type locality: Daiting, Bayern, Germany (Mörnsheim Formation).
Etymology: ‘Gracile spine lizard’.
Geological range: Lower Tithonian (hybonotum ammonite zone).
Geographical range: Bayern, Germany.
Referred specimens: NHM R.3948, complete skeleton preserved in lithographic limestone, including impression of upper caudal tail lobe, with skull, removed from rock, and intact three-dimensionally; HMN R 3635.1–2, incomplete forelimb preserved in lithographic limestone, lacking humerus and distalmost phalanges.
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American Museum of Natural History |
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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile |
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