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Mesadactylus ornithosphyos

Taxonomy
Mesadactylus ornithosphyos was named by Jensen and Padian (1989). Its type specimen is BYU 2024, a set of vertebrae (synsacrum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dry Mesa Quarry (BYU), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian channel sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Mesadactylus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Mesadactylus ornithosphyos Jensen and Padian pp. 365-367 fig. 1.4
2004Mesadactylus ornithosphyos Smith et al. p. 850
2006Mesadactylus ornithosphyos Chure et al. p. 236

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