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Zupaysaurus rougieri

Reptilia - Theropoda

Taxonomy
Zupaysaurus rougieri was named by Arcucci and Coria (2003). Its type specimen is PULR-076, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada de los Jachaleros, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Zupaysaurus rougieri Arcucci and Coria
2004Zupaysaurus rougieri Carrano and Sampson p. 538
2005Zupaysaurus rougieri Ezcurra and Novas pp. 103-104
2005Zupaysaurus rougieri Yates p. 107
2007Zupaysaurus rougieri Ezcurra p. 186
2007Zupaysaurus rougieri Ezcurra and Novas p. 36
2010Zupaysaurus rougieri Langer et al. p. 70
2012Zupaysaurus rougieri Ezcurra and Apaldetti p. 162
2015Zupaysaurus rougieri Martínez et al. p. 385
2015Zupaysaurus rougieri Nesbitt and Ezcurra p. 516
2016Zupaysaurus rougieri Martill et al. p. 32
2016Zupaysaurus rougieri Martínez et al. p. 63
2016Zupaysaurus rougieri Pinheiro p. 214
2017Zupaysaurus rougieri Ezcurra p. 507
2017Zupaysaurus rougieri Martinez and Apaldetti p. 501
2019Zupaysaurus rougieri Zahner and Brinkmann p. 1148
2020Zupaysaurus rougieri Moro et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
Neotheropoda
genusZupaysaurus
speciesrougieri

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.

Zupaysaurus rougieri Arcucci and Coria 2003
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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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Argentina (La Rioja) Zupaysaurus rougieri (type locality: 34132)