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Huinculsaurus montesi

Reptilia - Noasauridae

Taxonomy
Huinculsaurus montesi was named by Baiano et al. (2020). Its type specimen is MCF-PVPH-36, a set of postcrania (an immature specimen that includes the articulated sequence of the last three dorsal vertebrae and the first two sacral vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aguada Grande, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Huincul Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Huinculsaurus montesi Baiano et al.

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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
suborderCeratosauria()
familyNoasauridae
genusHuinculsaurus
speciesmontesi

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.

†Huinculsaurus montesi Baiano et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available