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Triunfosaurus leonardii

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Triunfosaurus leonardii was named by Carvalho et al. (2017). Its type specimen is UFRJ-DG 498, a partial skeleton (3 caudals, chevrons & an ischium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Areias Farm, which is in a Berriasian/Hauterivian channel sandstone in the Rio Piranhas Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Triunfosaurus leonardii Carvalho et al.
2021Triunfosaurus leonardii Gallina et al. p. 35
2021Triunfosaurus leonardii Leonardi and Carvalho p. 354

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Eusaurischia
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Massopoda
—Sauropodiformes
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Somphospondyli
genusTriunfosaurus
speciesleonardii

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.

†Triunfosaurus leonardii Carvalho et al. 2017
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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: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Early/Lower Hauterivian or 143.10000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Early/Lower Hauterivian143.1 - 125.77Brazil (Paraíba) Triunfosaurus leonardii (type locality: 184127)