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Chebsaurus algeriensis
Taxonomy
Chebsaurus algeriensis was named by Mahammed et al. (2005). It is not extant. Its type specimen is D001-01 to 78. Its type locality is Rouis El Djir, High Atlas, which is in a Callovian terrestrial claystone/lime mudstone in the Aïssa Formation of Algeria. It is the type species of Chebsaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Chebsaurus algeriensis Mahammed et al. p. 709 fig. 2 |
| 2007 | Chebsaurus algeriensis Regagba et al. p. 145 |
| 2010 | Chebsaurus algeriensis Taquet p. 91 |
| 2012 | Chebsaurus algeriensis Knoll et al. p. 2 |
| 2015 | Chebsaurus algeriensis Rauhut p. 48 |
| 2019 | Chebsaurus algeriensis Raveloson et al. p. 1 |
| 2020 | Chebsaurus algeriensis Bessedik et al. p. 21 |
| 2021 | Chebsaurus algeriensis Holwerda et al. p. 576 |
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†Chebsaurus algeriensis Mahammed et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. Mahammed et al. 2005 | Primitive eusauropod displaying the following autapomorphies: a slender and elongated surangular; teeth crown and root with tuberculated surface; short and robust basioccipital tubera which diverge with a V-shape (60°) and are inclined at about 70° to the horizontal in caudal view (their elliptical surface is oriented with a craniodorsal long axis); the base of the postzygodiapophysial lamina (podl, [29]) of the transverse process is included within the cranial part of the postzygapophysis in lateral view; there is a small elliptical fossa caudodorsally to the lateral excavations (pseudopleurocoels) on one middle dorsal vertebra centrum. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||