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Quetecsaurus rusconii

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Quetecsaurus rusconii was named by González Riga and Ortiz David (2014). Its type specimen is UNCUYO-LD-300, a partial skeleton (Postorbital, teeth, vertebrae and forelimb), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cañada del Pichanal, which is in a Turonian/Turonian wet floodplain mudstone in the Cerro Lisandro Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Quetecsaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Quetecsaurus rusconii González Riga and Ortiz David
2015Quetecsaurus rusconii Filippi p. 21
2015Quetecsaurus rusconii de Jesus Faria et al. p. 156
2017Quetecsaurus rusconii Gorscak et al. p. 17

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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()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
Titanosauria
Colossosauria
Lognkosauria
genusQuetecsaurus
speciesrusconii

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.

Quetecsaurus rusconii González Riga and Ortiz David 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Argentina (Mendoza) Quetecsaurus rusconii (type locality: 153997)