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Titanopodus

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Titanopodus was named by González Riga and Calvo (2009). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Titanopodus mendozensis.

It was assigned to Titanosauria by González Riga and Calvo (2009).

Species

T. mendozensis (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2009	Titanopodus González Riga and Calvo p. 624

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Sauropoda	()
—	Gravisauria
—	Eusauropoda
—	Neosauropoda
—	Macronaria
—	Titanosauriformes
—	Titanosauria
genus	Titanopodus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Titanopodus González Riga and Calvo 2009

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†Titanopodus mendozensis González Riga and Calvo 2009

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
B. J. González Riga and J. O. Calvo 2009	Sauropod tracks of medium size (footprint length abut 50 cm) characterized by a wide-gauge trackway [manus and pes trackway ratios (MTR and PTR) of 18–22 and 26–31 per cent respectively]; manus tracks without claw impressions and strongly rotated outward (25–48 degrees), with asymmetrical crescent shape and acuminate and thinner external border; pes tracks with subtriangular to subcircular shape, longer than wide, and rotated slight negative (outward); pronounced heteropody (manus ⁄ pes area ratio of 1:3); outer limits of trackway deﬁned, in some cases, by manus tracks; manus-pes distance about 1.7 times pes footprint length; stride length around 4.9 times pes track length; step angle 92–110 degrees; tail drag marks absent.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteinfrao

Entire body:

yesinfrao

Adult length:

10 to < 100infrao

Adult width:

10 to < 100infrao

Adult height:

10 to < 100infrao

Thickness:

thickinfrao

Architecture:

compact or denseinfrao

Form:

sphericalinfrao

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partsinfrao

Grouping:

gregariousinfrao

Environment:

terrestrialinfrao

Locomotion:

actively mobileinfrao

Life habit:

ground dwellinginfrao

Diet:

herbivoreinfrao

Reproduction:

oviparousinfrao

Dispersal:

direct/internalinfrao

Dispersal 2:

mobileinfrao

Created:

2004-12-14 12:49:10

Modified:

2004-12-14 14:49:10

Source: infrao = infraorder

Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.5 - 66.0	Argentina (Mendoza)	Eutitanosauria indet. (91472)