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Mapusaurus roseae

Reptilia - Carcharodontosauridae

Taxonomy
Mapusaurus roseae was named by Coria and Currie (2006). Its type specimen is MCF PVPH-108.1, a partial skull (right nasal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cañadón del Gato (ACDP-MUCP), which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian channel sandstone in the Huincul Formation of Argentina.

It was corrected as Mapusaurus rosae by Fernandes de Azevedo et al. (2013) and Cerroni et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Mapusaurus roseae Coria and Currie pp. 74-75 figs. 2-34
2007Mapusaurus roseae Brusatte and Sereno p. 904
2007Mapusaurus roseae Porfiri et al. p. 325
2007Mapusaurus roseae Porfiri et al. p. 547
2008Mapusaurus rosae Sereno et al. p. 4
2009Mapusaurus roseae Lü et al. p. 51
2012Mapusaurus roseae Canale et al. p. R25
2012Mapusaurus roseae Candeiro et al. p. 328
2012Mapusaurus roseae Carrano et al. p. 234
2013Mapusaurus roseae Bell and Coria p. 2
2013Mapusaurus rosae Fernandes de Azevedo et al. p. 134
2013Mapusaurus roseae Ibiricu et al. p. 8
2014Mapusaurus rosea Dalman p. 161
2014Mapusaurus roseae Hendrickx and Mateus p. 19
2016Mapusaurus roseae Baiano et al. p. 6
2016Mapusaurus roseae Motta et al. p. 231
2018Mapusaurus roseae Delcourt and Grillo p. 516
2020Mapusaurus rosae Cerroni et al. p. 2
2021Mapusaurus roseae Bandeira et al. p. 15

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
superfamilyAllosauroidea
familyCarcharodontosauridae
genusMapusaurus
speciesroseae

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.

†Mapusaurus roseae Coria and Currie 2006
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. A. Coria and P. J. Currie 2006he same as genus by monotypy.
Measurements
partNmean
femur circumference144.5
radius circumference127.5

Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian99.6 - 89.8Argentina (Neuquén) Carcharodontosauridae indet. (type locality: 55351)