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Dysganus bicarinatus Cope, 1876, sp.nov.

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Description

Dysganus bicarinatus, sp.nov.

This dinosaurian is represented in the collections by some of the teeth of three individuals. Two of the teeth represent immature stages , while the others are worn by continued use. They all present characters not found in the D. encaustus, from which they differ in a direction the opposite of that which characterizes the D. haydenianus.

The crowns present a nearly flat face without incurved lateral angles, nor prominent median keel. The basis is widle, projects in a rim beyond the face, and is invested with rough cementum. The face is peculiar in beinig divided into three planes by two low angular ridges, and its surface is smooth. The dentinal column is triangular, and there are two posterior columns separated by a fissure, in mature teetlh.

The absence of the lateral incurved angle, and the presence of the two median ones distinguish this species from the D. encaustus.

Notes

Published as part of Cope, E. D., 1876, Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union beds of Montana, pp. 248-261 in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28 on page 252, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3371111

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Cope
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Dinosauria
Family
Ceratopsidae
Genus
Dysganus
Species
bicarinatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Type status
type series
Taxonomic concept label
Dysganus bicarinatus Cope, 1876