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Nopcsaspondylus (Nopcsa vertebra)

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Nopcsaspondylus was named by Apesteguía (2007). Its type is Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis.

It was assigned to Rebbachisauroidea by Apesteguía (2007); to Limaysaurinae by Mannion et al. (2019); and to Rebbachisauridae by Mannion (2009), Carballido et al. (2010), Whitlock (2011), Ibiricu et al. (2012) and Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo (2021).

Species

N. alarconensis (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2007	Nopcsaspondylus Apesteguía p. 544
2009	Nopcsaspondylus Mannion p. 522
2010	Nopcsaspondylus Carballido et al. p. 500
2011	Nopcsaspondylus Whitlock
2012	Nopcsaspondylus Ibiricu et al. p. 230
2019	Nopcsaspondylus Mannion et al.
2021	Nopcsaspondylus Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo p. 1

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Sauropoda	()
—	Gravisauria
—	Eusauropoda
—	Neosauropoda
—	Diplodocoidea	()
—	Diplodocimorpha
—	Rebbachisauridae	()
—	Khebbashia
—	Rebbachisaurinae
—	Limaysaurinae
genus	Nopcsaspondylus

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.

G. †Nopcsaspondylus Apesteguía 2007 [Nopcsa vertebra]

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†Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis Apesteguía 2007

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
S. Apesteguía 2007	Diplodocoid sauropod characterized by mid to posterior dorsal vertebrae with very reduced centra, forked medial centropostzygapophyseal lamina, lateral lamina of the neural spine formed by the spinodiapophyseal lamina plus a lateral spinopostzygapophyseal (different from that forming the postspinal lamina).

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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Argentina (Neuquén)	Bothriospondylus sp. (51943)