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Mendozasaurus neguyelap

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Mendozasaurus neguyelap was named by González-Riga (2003). Its type specimen is IANIGLA-PV 065, a set of vertebrae (Caudal vertebrae and chevrons), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arroyo Seco, Cerro Guillermo (lower) [IANIGLA], which is in a Coniacian/Coniacian crevasse splay sandstone/mudstone in the Sierra Barrosa Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Mendozasaurus neguyelap González-Riga
2005Mendozasaurus neguyelap Apesteguía p. 260 fig. 12.6
2005Mendozasaurus neguyelap Kellner et al. p. 550
2006Mendozasaurus neguyelap Kellner et al. p. 2
2007Mendozasaurus neguyelap Azevedo et al. p. 120
2007Mendozasaurus neguyelap Calvo et al. p. 530
2007Mendozasaurus neguyelap Castro et al. p. 199
2007Mendozasaurus neguyelap González Riga and Astini p. 291
2007Mendozasaurus neguyelap Sánchez-Hernández et al. p. 199
2008Mendozasaurus neguyelap Filippi and Garrido p. 584
2009Mendozasaurus neguyelap González Riga et al. p. 238
2009Mendozasaurus neguyelap González Riga et al. p. 135
2009Mendozasaurus neguyelap Salgado and Coria p. 13
2010Mendozasaurus neguyelap Calvo and Porfiri p. 106
2010Mendozasaurus neguyelap Casal and Ibiricu p. 251
2011Mendozasaurus neguyelap Filippi et al. p. 6
2011Mendozasaurus neguyelap Gallina p. 239 fig. 4
2011Mendozasaurus neguyelap Ibiricu et al. p. 346
2011Mendozasaurus neguyelap Marinho and Iori p. 345
2011Mendozasaurus neguyelap Navarrete et al. p. 11
2011Mendozasaurus neguyelap Whitlock et al. p. 359
2012Mendozasaurus neguyelap Mannion and Otero p. 634
2014Mendozasaurus neguyelap González Riga and Ortiz David p. 4
2015Mendozasaurus neguyelap Filippi p. 20
2015Mendozasaurus neguyelap García et al. p. 46
2015Mendozasaurus neguyelap de Jesus Faria et al. p. 156
2017Mendozasaurus neguyelap Gorscak et al. p. 8
2017Mendozasaurus neguyelap Silva Junior et al. p. 25
2018Mendozasaurus neguyelap González Riga et al.
2019Mendozasaurus neguyelap Wilson et al. p. 21
2020Mendozasaurus neguyelap Malkani p. 475
2020Mendozasaurus neguyelap Páramo et al. p. 379
2022Mendozasaurus neguyelap Navarro et al. p. 327
2023Mendozasaurus neguyelap Poropat et al. p. 39

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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()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Titanosauria
Colossosauria
Lognkosauria
genusMendozasaurus
speciesneguyelap

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.

Mendozasaurus neguyelap González-Riga 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 Middle Coniacian to the top of the Late/Upper Coniacian or 89.30000 to 85.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Coniacian - Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Argentina (Mendoza) Titanosauridae indet. (type locality: 35285)