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Caypullisaurus bonapartei

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Caypullisaurus bonapartei was named by Fernández (1997). Its type specimen is MACN-N-32, a partial skeleton (anterior part of a skeleton incomplete beyond vertebrae 53), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Lotena, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Caypullisaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Caypullisaurus bonapartei Fernández p. 480
1998Caypullisaurus bonapartei Fernandez
2003Caypullisaurus bonapartei McGowan and Motani
2007Caypullisaurus bonapartei Fernández p. 368 figs. 1, 2
2010Caypullisaurus bonapartei Maisch
2013Caypullisaurus bonapartei Fischer et al.
2014Caypullisaurus bonapartei Arkhangelsky and Zverkov
2016Caypullisaurus bonapartei Ji et al. p. 14

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Baracromia
familyOphthalmosauridaeAndrews 1910
subfamilyPlatypterygiinaeArkhangelsky 2001
genusCaypullisaurus
speciesbonapartei

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.

†Caypullisaurus bonapartei Fernández 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Fernández 2007"Premaxilla-lachrymal contact below nares broad; postorbital region of skull not reduced; maxilla laterally exposed extending further anteriorly; humerus with three distal facets, anterior one being the smallest, articulating with preaxial accessory element and bearing two digits distally; large intermedium placed between radiale and ulnare, not between radius and ulna; distal border of radius straight and almost parallel to anterior border of intermedium and to distal facets of humerus for radius; phalanges polygonal and tightly packed."
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Berriasian or 150.80000 to 139.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Argentina (Neuquén) Caypullisaurus bonapartei (122660 122661)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Argentina (Neuquén) Caypullisaurus bonapartei (122662)