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Pisanosaurus mertii

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Pisanosaurus mertii was named by Casamiquela (1967). Its type specimen is PVL 2577, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Agua de Las Catas, Ischigualasto, which is in a Tuvalian terrestrial horizon in the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Pisanosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Pisanosaurus mertii Casamiquela
1970Pisanosaurus mertii Reig p. 292
1973Pisanosaurus mertii Bonaparte p. 113
1974Pisanosaurus mertii Charig and Crompton p. 186
1974Pisanosaurus mertii Thulborn p. 168
1976Pisanosaurus mertii Bonaparte p. 809
1978Pisanosaurus mertii Bonaparte p. 332
1979Pisanosaurus mertii Bonaparte p. 221
1983Pisanosaurus mertii Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44
1984Pisanosaurus mertii Bonaparte p. 128
1991Pisanosaurus mertii Sereno p. 175
1994Pisanosaurus mertii Olshevsky and Ford p. 91
1997Pisanosaurus mertii Godefroit and Cuny p. 21
1997Pisanosaurus mertii Novas p. 678
1997Pisanosaurus mertii Ryan and Vickaryous p. 169
1998Pisanosaurus mertii Heckert and Lucas p. 59
2001Pisanosaurus mertii Báez and Marsicano p. 277
2002Pisanosaurus mertii Buchholz p. 19
2004Pisanosaurus mertii Norman et al. p. 326
2004Pisanosaurus mertii Weishampel p. 323
2006Pisanosaurus mertii Langer and Benton p. 311
2006Pisanosaurus mertii Thulborn p. 286
2007Pisanosaurus mertii Butler et al. p. S12
2007Pisanosaurus mertii Irmis et al. p. 13
2008Pisanosaurus mertii Butler et al. p. 10
2008Pisanosaurus mertii Irmis and Knoll p. 121
2009Pisanosaurus mertii Bittencourt and Kellner p. 9
2010Pisanosaurus mertii Langer et al. p. 68
2011Pisanosaurus mertii Langer et al. p. 327
2012Pisanosaurus mertii Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14
2012Pisanosaurus mertii Kammerer et al. p. 281
2014Pisanosaurus mertii Marzola and Dalla Vecchia p. 13
2015Pisanosaurus mertii Agnolin p. 4
2017Pisanosaurus mertii Ezcurra p. 516
2018Pisanosaurus mertii Bell et al. p. 29
2019Pisanosaurus mertii Herne et al. p. 573
2019Pisanosaurus mertii Martz and Small p. 53
2020Pisanosaurus mertii Breeden and Rowe p. 1
2020Pisanosaurus mertii Desojo et al. p. 25
2020Pisanosaurus mertii Dieudonné et al.
2020Pisanosaurus mertii Maidment et al. p. 92
2020Pisanosaurus mertii 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()
—Ornithischia()
genusPisanosaurus
speciesmertii

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.

†Pisanosaurus mertii Casamiquela 1967
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. J. Butler et al. 2008Anteroposterior depth of distal end of the tibia is greater than maximum transverse width; calcaneum is transversely narrow.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
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: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-08-25 06:11:07
Modified: 2005-08-25 08:11:07
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: Tuvalian or 232.00000 to 221.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Argentina (La Rioja) Pisanosaurus mertii (type locality: 26452)