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Shastasaurus sikkaniensis
Taxonomy
Shonisaurus sikanniensis was named by Nicholls and Manabe (2004). Its type specimen is TMP 94.378.2, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Shastasaurus sikanniensis by Sander et al. (2011); it was recombined as Shastasaurus sikkaniensis by Moon (2019).
It was recombined as Shastasaurus sikanniensis by Sander et al. (2011); it was recombined as Shastasaurus sikkaniensis by Moon (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Shonisaurus sikanniensis Nicholls and Manabe pp. 839-843 figs. 2-16 |
| 2010 | Shonisaurus sikanniensis Maisch |
| 2011 | Shastasaurus sikanniensis Sander et al. |
| 2013 | Shonisaurus sikanniensis Ji et al. |
| 2016 | Shonisaurus sikanniensis Ji et al. p. 10 |
| 2019 | Shastasaurus sikkaniensis Moon |
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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.
†Shastasaurus sikkaniensis Nicholls and Manabe 2004
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. L. Nicholls and M. Manabe 2004 | "Differs from S. popularis in its larger size, and distally expanded, fan-shaped scapula. Lacks the extremely shortened vertebral centra present in S. popularis." |
Measurements
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