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Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi was named by González Riga et al. (2016). Its type specimen is UNCUYO-LD 301, a set of postcrania (Dorsal and caudal vertebra, humerus, pubis), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CG2, northern Cerro Guillermo, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian dry floodplain mudstone in the Plottier Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi González Riga et al.
2016Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi Salisbury et al. p. 125
2016Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi Ullmann and Lacovara p. 1
2019Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi Previtera p. 348
2020Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi Páramo et al. p. 379
2022Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi Navarro et al. p. 328
2023Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi Poropat et al. p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Massopoda
—Sauropodiformes
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Somphospondyli
—Titanosauria
—Colossosauria
genusNotocolossus
speciesgonzalezparejasi

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.

†Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi González Riga et al. 2016
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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
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Early/Lower Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6Argentina (Mendoza) Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi (type locality: 175912 175913)