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Lirainosaurinae

Osteichthyes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Lirainosaurinae Díez Díaz et al.
2022Lirainosaurinae Navarro et al. p. 344 fig. 13
2024Lirainosaurinae Mocho et al.
2025Lirainosaurinae Díez Díaz et al.

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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()
—Eusaurischia
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Massopoda
—Sauropodiformes
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
—Eutitanosauria
—Lirainosaurinae
—Lirainosaurinae

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.

Unr. †Lirainosaurinae Díez Díaz et al. 2018
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G. †Ampelosaurus Le Loeuff 1995
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†Ampelosaurus atacis Le Loeuff 1995
G. †Atsinganosaurus Garcia et al. 2010
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†Atsinganosaurus velauciensis Garcia et al. 2010
G. †Garrigatitan Díez Díaz et al. 2021
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†Garrigatitan meridionalis Díez Díaz et al. 2021
G. †Lirainosaurus Sanz et al. 1999
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†Lirainosaurus astibiae Sanz et al. 1999
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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Atsinganosaurus velauciensis (220134) Garrigatitan meridionalis (28454) Titanosauria indet. (89990)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Ampelosaurus atacis (169878)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain (Castilla y Leon) Lirainosaurus astibiae (28765 37199) Titanosaurinae indet. (28406)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Spain (Valencia) Lirainosaurus astibiae (96461) Lirainosaurus sp. (96459 96460) Titanosauridae indet. (53918)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Ampelosaurus sp. (91781) Lirainosaurus sp. (197954)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Ampelosaurus atacis (48870)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Lirainosaurus astibiae (132354)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Lirainosaurus astibiae, Hypselosaurus priscus (48850)