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Pycnonemosaurus nevesi

Osteichthyes - Abelisauridae

Taxonomy
Pycnonemosaurus nevesi was named by Kellner and Campos (2002). Its type specimen is DGM 859-R, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fazenda Roncador, which is in a Cretaceous terrestrial sandstone in Brazil.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Carrano and Sampson (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Kellner and Campos
2004Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Martínez et al. p. 578
2005Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Candeiro and Martinelli p. 10
2006Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Candeiro et al. p. 934
2006Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Coria et al. p. 1288
2007Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Juárez Valieri et al. p. 59
2008Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Machado et al. p. 309
2011Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Bittencourt and Langer p. 33
2012Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Candeiro et al. p. 223
2012Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Candeiro and Harris p. 78
2013Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Fernandes de Azevedo et al. p. 131
2013Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Furtado et al. p. 106
2013Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Machado et al. p. 447
2014Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Delcourt and Grillo p. 312
2014Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Méndez et al. p. 23
2016Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Filippi et al. p. 210
2018Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Aranciaga Rolando et al. p. 107
2018Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Aureliano et al. p. 286
2018Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Delcourt p. 9

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
suborderCeratosauria()
familyAbelisauridae
—Brachyrostra
—Furileusauria
genusPycnonemosaurus
speciesnevesi

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.

†Pycnonemosaurus nevesi Kellner and Campos 2002
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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
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Cretaceous or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Brazil (Mato Grosso) Abelisauridae indet. (type locality: 32335)