Reptilia - Saurischia - Massospondylidae
Alternative combination: Coloradia brevis
Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1978. Coloradia brevis n. g. et n. sp. (Saurischia–Prosauropoda), dinosaurio Plateosauridae de la Formacion Los Colorados, Triasico Superior de La Rioja, Argentina [Coloradia brevis n. g. et n. sp. (Saurischia–Prosauropoda), a plateosaurid from the Upper Triassic Los Colorados Formation of La Rioja, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 15(3-4):327-332
Belongs to Coloradisaurus according to C. Apaldetti et al. 2013
See also Apaldetti et al. 2011, Barrett et al. 2007, Bonaparte 1978, Bonaparte 1979, Bonaparte 1984, Ezcurra and Apaldetti 2012, Galton and Upchurch 2004, García et al. 2010, Lambert 1983, Langer et al. 2010, Müller and Garcia 2021, Novas 1997, Olsen and Galton 1984, Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain 2016, Upchurch et al. 2007 and Yates 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PVL 3967, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is E of Cerro Rajado, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina.
Distribution:
• Triassic of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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