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Talarurus plicatospineus

Reptilia - Ankylosauridae

Taxonomy
Talarurus plicatospineus was named by Maleev (1952). Its type specimen is PIN 557, a partial skull (partial skull and postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bayn Shire (PIN coll. 557) [MPE], which is in a Cenomanian/Santonian fluvial claystone in the Baynshire Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Talarurus. It was considered monophyletic by Vickaryous et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Talarurus plicatospineus Maleev p. 273 figs. 1-3
1953Talarurus plicatospineus Maleev pp. 111-112
1956Talarurus plicatospineus Maleev p. 56 figs. 1-32
1960Talarurus plicatospineus Jeletzky p. 35
1964Talarurus plicatospineus Kuhn p. 52
1964Talarurus plicatospinaeus Tatarinov p. 575
1970Talarurus plicatospineus Swinton p. 248
1974Talarurus plicatospineus Rozhdestvensky p. 147
1977Talarurus plicatospineus Maryanska pp. 99-100
1977Talarurus plicatospineus Rozhdestvensky p. 113
1978Talarurus plicatospineus Kurzanov and Tumanova p. 369
1987Talarurus plicatospineus Tumanova p. 17
1993Talarurus plicatospineus Currie and Eberth p. 138
1997Talarurus plicatospineus Barsbold p. 450
1997Talarurus plicatospineous Coy p. 692
2000Talarurus plicatospineus Ford p. 176
2000Talarurus plicatospineus Shuvalov p. 268
2000Talarurus plicatospineus Tumanova pp. 520-521
2001Talarurus plicatospineus Carpenter p. 457
2003Talarurus plicatospineus Garcia and Pereda-Suberbiola p. 161
2004Talarurus plicatospineus Vickaryous et al. p. 364
2007Talarurus plicatospineus Arbour p. 41A
2007Talarurus plicatospineus Lü et al. p. 887
2011Talarurus plicatospineus Carpenter et al. p. 6
2013Talarurus plicatospineus Arbour and Currie p. 27
2013Talarurus plicatospineus Kirkland et al. p. 7
2014Talarurus plicatospineus Arbour et al. p. 11 fig. 6
2014Talarurus plicatospineus Arbour et al. p. 634
2014Talarurus plicatospineus Han et al. p. 12
2016Talarurus plicatospineus Arbour and Currie p. 421–422

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Thyreophora()
—Ankylosauria()
familyAnkylosauridae
subfamilyAnkylosaurinaeNopcsa 1918
genusTalarurus
speciesplicatospineus

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.

†Talarurus plicatospineus Maleev 1952
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. A. Tumanova 1987Osteoderms of skull roof overhangs medial region of the occiput; premaxillary covered with osteoderms.
V. M. Arbour and P. J. Currie 2016Uniquely amongst ankylosaurs, has V-shaped upraised area on frontals. Uniquely amongst all other ankylosaurids except Nodocephalosaurus, has conical frontonasal caputegulae with circular bases.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-08-25 06:06:12
Modified: 2005-08-25 08:06:12
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Santonian or 100.50000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Talarurus plicatospineus (51975)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Mongolia (Dornogov) Talarurus plicatospineus (type locality: 79702)