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Batrachosauroides gotoi
Taxonomy
Batrachosauroides gotoi was named by Estes (1969). Its type specimen is PU 18012, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is White Butte/Turtle Valley, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial claystone in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota.
Synonymy list
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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.
†Batrachosauroides gotoi Estes 1969
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Estes 1969 | A Batrachosauroides similar in size to the Miocene B. dissimulans but differing in having rib-bearers separated rather than closely appressed and in having a slightly more delicate build, especially of the neural arch. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wasatchian | USA (North Dakota) | Batrachosauroides gotoi (type locality: 15895) |