Riojasaurus incertus Bonaparte 1969 (sauropodomorph)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Riojasauridae

Synonym: Strenusaurus procerus Bonaparte 1969

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1969. Dos nuevas "faunas" de reptiles triasicos de Argentina [Two new reptilian "faunas" of the Argentine Triassic]. Gondwana Stratigraphy (IUGS Symposium, Buenos Aires) 2:283-306

Belongs to Riojasaurus according to P. M. Galton and P. Upchurch 2004

See also Apaldetti et al. 2011, Barrett et al. 2007, Benedetto 1973, Bittencourt and Kellner 2009, Bonaparte 1969, Bonaparte 1971, Bonaparte 1973, Bonaparte 1978, Bonaparte 1979, Bonaparte 1984, Bonaparte 1995, Bonaparte and Pumares 1995, Bossi and Bonaparte 1978, Ezcurra and Apaldetti 2012, Galton 1985, Galton 2007, Galton et al. 2005, García et al. 2010, Jain et al. 1979, Langer and Benton 2006, Langer et al. 2010, Martínez et al. 2015, Moro et al. 2020, Novas 1997, Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain 2016, Upchurch et al. 2007, Yates 2003 and Yates 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Riojasaurus incertus: PVL 3808, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is ruta 26, Los Colorados, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina.
  • Strenusaurus procerus: PVL 3663. Its type locality is ruta 26, Los Colorados, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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