Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte and M. Vince. 1979. El hallazgo del primer nido de dinosaurios triasicos, (Saurischia, Prosauropoda), Triasico Superior de Patagonia, Argentina [The discovery of the first nest of Triassic dinosaurs (Saurischia, Prosauropoda,) from the Upper Triassic of Patagonia, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 16(1-2):173-182
Belongs to Mussaurus according to A. Otero and D. Pol 2013
See also Apaldetti et al. 2011, Barrett et al. 2007, Bonaparte 1979, Bonaparte 1995, Bonaparte and Vince 1979, Borgomanero and Leonardi 1981, Cerda et al. 2014, Cerda et al. 2013, Galton and Upchurch 2004, Langer et al. 2010, Moro et al. 2020, Müller and Garcia 2021, Novas 1996, Novas 1997, Otero and Pol 2012, Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain 2016, Pol et al. 2021, Pol and Powell 2007, Reisz et al. 2010, Salgado 1999, Upchurch et al. 2007 and Veiga et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PVL 4068, a skeleton (Articulated skeleton of a post-hatchling individual). Its type locality is Laguna La Colorada (PVL), which is in a Sinemurian pond siltstone in the Laguna Colorada Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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