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Holotype

SMNS 58022

Irritator challengeri

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Facts

Catalog number
SMNS 58022
Institution
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (SMNS)
Year found
Not recorded
Locality
Near Buxexé, Santana do Cariri, Ceará
Formation
Romualdo Formation

Images

Holotype skull of Irritator challengeri, SMNS 58022, in left and right lateral view (Sales & Schultz 2017).Image credit: Marcos A. F. Sales, Cesar L. Schultz, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde StuttgartCC BY 2.5Source (opens in a new tab)

What this specimen preserves

Holotype: SMNS 58022

  • Preserved
  • Partial
  • Reconstructed
  • Unknown / not recorded
Region by region (table)
Skeleton regions of Holotype: SMNS 58022
RegionState
SkullPartial · Missing most of the premaxillae and the front of the maxillae.
MandiblePartial · Missing the front ends.
TeethPartial
Cervical vertebraeUnknown / not recorded
Dorsal vertebraeUnknown / not recorded
SacrumUnknown / not recorded
Caudal vertebraeUnknown / not recorded
RibsUnknown / not recorded
GastraliaUnknown / not recorded
Scapula / shoulder girdleUnknown / not recorded
HumerusUnknown / not recorded
Forearm (radius / ulna)Unknown / not recorded
Hand (manus)Unknown / not recorded
PelvisUnknown / not recorded
FemurUnknown / not recorded
Tibia / fibulaUnknown / not recorded
Foot (pes)Unknown / not recorded

Excavation history

A largely complete skull of a subadult in a limestone concretion, bought from fossil dealers; the snout had been built up with plaster, which was removed during preparation.

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