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Drusilasaura deseadensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Drusilasaura deseadensis was named by Navarrete et al. (2011). Its type specimen is MPM-PV 2097/1–2097/19, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is estancia María Aike, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Bajo Barreal Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Drusilasaura.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Drusilasaura deseadensis Navarrete et al. p. 4 figs. 2-9
2012Drusilasaura deseadensis Mannion and Otero p. 633
2014Drusilasaura deseadensis González Riga and Ortiz David p. 10
2015Drusilasaura deseadensis Casal et al. p. 88
2015Drusilasaura deseadensis de Jesus Faria et al. p. 157
2018Drusilasaura deseadensis Simón et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Massopoda
—Sauropodiformes
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Somphospondyli
—Titanosauria
—Colossosauria
—Lognkosauria
genusDrusilasaura
speciesdeseadensis

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.

†Drusilasaura deseadensis Navarrete et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Navarrete et al. 2011The same as for the genus.