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Taxon: Genus †"Colossosaurus" Mantell, 1849, nom. ined. (dinosaur) [unverified]
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Authorship

Original name:  Mantell, G.A. 1849. [MSS Diary entry for 4 Nov 1849, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand (vide H. Torrens, 1997: 186), nom. ined.].
Subsequent publication:  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal (N.S.) 12 (no. 310), 8 Dec 1849: 366 ("the monster is to be called the Colosso-saurus"). ≡
Subsequent publication:  Spokes, S. 1927. Gideon Algernon Mantell: 220. ≡
Subsequent publication:  Torrens, H. 1997. In J.O. Farlow & M.K. Brett-Surman (eds.), The Complete Dinosaur: 186. ≡
Subsequent publication:  Dean, D.R. 1999. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK: 237, 239n. ≡
Source for the authorship:  Olshevsky, G. (comp.) 2000-2021.: 12 Jun 2021 ("Mantell, 1849 vide Torrens, 1997").

Attributes

Unpublished name ([nom.] ined.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 8, 9] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 7 Nov 2025.
Nomen nudum (nom. nud.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 12 [before 1931], 13 [after 1930], G] Ref: G. Olshevsky (comp.), 2000-2021: 12 Jun 2021 ("nomen nudum").

Synonyms

Accepted name: †Pelorosaurus (Genus) Mantell, 1850 Ref: G. Olshevsky (comp.), 2000-2021: 12 Jun 2021.
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