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Laolestes goodrichi
Taxonomy
Melanodon goodrichi was named by Simpson (1929). Its type specimen is YPM 13738, a maxilla (part of right maxilla with M3-5), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
It was recombined as Laolestes goodrichi by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Laolestes goodrichi by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1929 | Melanodon goodrichi Simpson |
| 1963 | Melanodon goodrichi Clemens p. 62 |
| 1979 | Melanodon goodrichi Kraus p. 164 |
| 1981 | Melanodon goodrichi Prothero pp. 290-291 |
| 2004 | Laolestes goodrichi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 385 |
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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.
†Laolestes goodrichi Simpson 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Tithonian or 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Melanodon goodrichi (type locality: 12816) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Melanodon goodrichi (39426) |