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Lumbrerasaurus scagliai

Reptilia - Teiidae

Taxonomy
Lumbrerasaurus scagliai was named by Donadio (1985). Its type specimen is MMP 1418, a partial skeleton (anterior portion of left maxilla (MMP 1418-1) with fragmentary teeth, posteromedial portion of left maxilla (1418-2) with teeth, proximal end of left pterygoid ), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Estancia Pampa Grande, East of Route 9, between Bordo and Toro Rivers, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial mudstone/marl in the Lumbrera Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Lumbrerasaurus.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Powell et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Lumbrerasaurus scagliai Donadio
2016Lumbrerasaurus scagliai Brizuela and Albino

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
Episquamata
superfamilyLacertoideaCamp 1923
Teiioidea
familyTeiidaeGray 1827
subfamilyTupinambinaePresch 1974
genusLumbrerasaurus
speciesscagliai

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.

Lumbrerasaurus scagliai Donadio 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Created: 2005-09-05 19:44:41
Modified: 2005-09-05 21:44:41
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Behler and King 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Argentina (Salta) Lumbrerasaurus scagliai (type locality: 20983)