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Mahavisaurus dentatus
Taxonomy
Mahavisaurus dentatus was named by Lehman (1966). Its type specimen is MNHN MAE3037, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 5 km NE of d'Irato, which is in an Induan/Smithian deltaic siliciclastic in the Middle Sakamena Formation of Madagascar. It is the type species of Mahavisaurus.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Mahavisaurus dentatus Lehman p. 4 |
| 1966 | Lyrosaurus australis Lehman p. 125 figs. 3, Pl. 4 |
| 1979 | Mahavisaurus australis Cosgriff and Zawiskie p. 23 |
| 2000 | Mahavisaurus australis Schoch and Milner p. 83 |
| 2000 | Mahavisaurus dentatus Schoch and Milner p. 83 |
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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.
†Mahavisaurus dentatus Lehman 1966
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Invalid names: Lyrosaurus australis Lehman 1966 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Induan - Smithian | Madagascar (Diana) | Lyrosaurus australis (144081 144086 144094) Mahavisaurus dentatus (type locality: 144083) | |
| Smithian | Madagascar | Mahavisaurus dentatus (119513) |