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Panamericansaurus schroederi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Panamericansaurus schroederi was named by Calvo and Porfiri (2010). Its type specimen is MUCPv-417, a set of vertebrae (5 caudal vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bodega Familia Schroeder, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Allen Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Panamericansaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Panamericansaurus schroederi Calvo and Porfiri p. 103 figs. 2-5
2012Panamericansaurus schroederi Mannion and Otero p. 634
2015Panamericansaurus schroederi de Jesus Faria et al. p. 157
2017Panamericansaurus schroederi Gorscak et al. p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
—Colossosauria
—Aeolosaurini
genusPanamericansaurus
speciesschroederi

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.

†Panamericansaurus schroederi Calvo and Porfiri 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. O. Calvo and J. D. Porfiri 2010vértebras caudales medias-posteriores con prezigapófisis dirigidas anterodorsalmente igual o mas cortas que el largo de la base del cuerpo vertebral, postzigapofisis ubicada en posición medial con respecto al cuerpo vertebral, lámina espinoprezigapofiseal expandida dorsoventralmente en caudales medias, húmero con un índice de robustez menor a 0,40.
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 Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Panamericansaurus schroederi (type locality: 98791)