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Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis

Reptilia - Massospondylidae

Taxonomy
Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis was named by Rowe et al. (2011). Its type specimen is TMM 43646-2, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dilophosaurus Quarry (TMM 43646), which is in a Pliensbachian terrestrial siltstone in the Kayenta Formation of Arizona. It is the type species of Sarahsaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis Apaldetti et al. p. 4
2011Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis Rowe 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()
—Saurischia()
—Eusaurischia
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Massopoda
familyMassospondylidae
genusSarahsaurus
speciesaurifontanalis

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.

†Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis Rowe et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. B. Rowe et al. 2011Among sauropodomorphs, Sarahsaurus is unique in the configuration of a low wall between the basicranial tubera with a central anterior fossa; presence of spine tables on its dorsal vertebrae; a manual phalangeal formula of 2-3-4-2-2; and presence of a pubic foramen.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2USA (Arizona) Massospondylus sp. (46212)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2USA (Arizona) Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis (type locality: 98597)