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Megalneusaurus rex
Taxonomy
Cimoliosaurus rex was named by Knight (1895). Its type specimen is UW 4602, a set of limb elements (propodial and two sets of articulated epipodials with other elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gas Hills area 70km west of Casper (Megalneusaurus rex type locality), which is in an Oxfordian marine sandstone in the Sundance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Megalneusaurus.
It was recombined as Megalneusaurus rex by Knight (1898), Knight (1899), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Wahl et al. (2007).
It was recombined as Megalneusaurus rex by Knight (1898), Knight (1899), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Wahl et al. (2007).
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.
†Megalneusaurus rex Knight 1895
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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