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Tarascosaurus salluvicus

Reptilia - Theropoda - Abelisauridae

Taxonomy
Tarascosaurus salluvicus was named by Le Loeuff and Buffetaut (1991). Its type specimen is FSL 330201. Its type locality is Lambeau de Beausset, which is in a Campanian/Campanian carbonate limestone in France.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Rauhut (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Tarascosaurus salluvicus Buffetaut et al. p. 33
1991Tarascosaurus salluvicus Le Loeuff and Buffetaut p. 588 figs. 1-3
1992Tarascosaurus salluvicus Le Loeuff et al. p. 337
1995Tarascosaurus salluvicus Le Loeuff and Buffetaut p. 182
1996Tarascosaurus salluvicus Sampson et al. p. 604
1998Tarascosaurus salluvicus Holtz, Jr. p. 39
1998Tarascosaurus salluvicus Le Loeuff p. 53
2004Tarascosaurus salluvicus Tykoski and Rowe p. 50
2008Tarascosaurus salluvicus Carrano and Sampson p. 209
2010Tarascosaurus salluvicus Tortosa et al. p. 83
2011Tarascosaurus salluvicus Osi and Buffetaut p. 36
2015Tarascosaurus salluvicus Torices et al. p. 615
2022Tarascosaurus salluvicus Isasmendi et al. p. 21

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
suborderCeratosauria()
familyAbelisauridae
genusTarascosaurus
speciessalluvicus

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.

†Tarascosaurus salluvicus Le Loeuff and Buffetaut 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Le Loeuff and E. Buffetaut 1991Petit abelisauridé dont le col du fémur est particulièrement étroit antéro-postérieurement. Processus tranverses très larges antéro-postérieurement. Lames infradiapophysaires des vertèbres dorsales divergeant sous les diapophyses. Tête du fémur dirigée antéro-médialement. Projection dorsale du petit trochanter (ou trochanter antérieur) limitée. Foramen sous le petit trochanter. Présence d'une structure hyposphène-hypantrum. Structure interne des vertèbres très caverneuse.
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: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-08-24 13:29:48
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:29:48
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Tarascosaurus salluvicus (type locality: 28456)