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1 June 2013 Opinion 2320 (Case 3536)
Stegosaurus Marsh, 1877 (Dinosauria, Ornithischia): type species replaced with Stegosaurus stenops Marsh, 1887
Abstract

The Commission has preserved stability in the taxonomy of stegosaurian dinosaurs by replacing Stegosaurus armatus Marsh, 1877, the unidentifiable type species of the ornithischian dinosaur genus Stegosaurus Marsh, 1877, with the very well represented nominal species Stegosaurus stenops Marsh, 1887, also from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, U.S.A.

"Opinion 2320 (Case 3536)
Stegosaurus Marsh, 1877 (Dinosauria, Ornithischia): type species replaced with Stegosaurus stenops Marsh, 1887," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 70(2), 129-130, (1 June 2013). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v70i2.a4
Published: 1 June 2013
KEYWORDS
Dinosauria
nomenclature
Ornithischia
Stegosauria
stegosauridae
stegosaurinae
Stegosaurus
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