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Vespersaurus paranaensis

Reptilia - Noasauridae

Taxonomy
Vespersaurus paranaensis was named by Langer et al. (2019). Its type specimen is MPCO.V 0065d, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cemitério dos Pterossauros Quarry, which is in an Aptian/Campanian interdune sandstone/sandstone in the Goio-Erê Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Vespersaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Vespersaurus paranaensis Langer et al.
2020Vespersaurus paranaensis de Souza et al. p. 4
2021Vespersaurus paranaensis de Souza et al. p. 11
2022Vespersaurus paranaensis Salem et al. p. 3

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
suborderCeratosauria()
familyNoasauridae
subfamilyNoasaurinae
genusVespersaurus
speciesparanaensis

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.

†Vespersaurus paranaensis Langer et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Campanian or 121.40000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Campanian121.4 - 72.2Brazil (Paraná) Vespersaurus paranaensis (type locality: 160057)