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Lourinhanosaurus antunesi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Lourinhanosaurus antunesi was named by Mateus (1998). Its type specimen is ML 370, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Peralta, which is in a Kimmeridgian terrestrial sandstone in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal. It is the type species of Lourinhanosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Mateus pp. 112-113 figs. 1-5
2001Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Allain
2004Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 74
2006Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Mateus p. 231
2006Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Mateus et al. p. 123
2007Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Naish and Martill p. 502
2009Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Ortega et al. p. 50
2010Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Mateus and Milàn p. 253
2011Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Mateus et al. p. 65
2012Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Carrano et al. pp. 233-234
2012Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Hendrickx and Mateus p. 101
2013Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Araújo et al. p. 2
2017Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Mocho et al. p. 7
2019Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Malafaia et al. p. 169
2019Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Mocho et al. p. 2
2020Lourinhanosaurus antunesi Malafaia et al. p. 1

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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
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
genusLourinhanosaurus
speciesantunesi

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Mateus 1998As for the type genus.
M. T. Carrano et al. 2012Tetanuran theropod with: (1) triangular spurs anterior to neural spines of even most proximal caudal vertebrae (modified from Mateus 1998); and (2) medial condyle of tibia half the transverse width of fibular condyle.
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: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Estremadura) Lourinhanosaurus antunesi (type locality: 49261)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) Theropoda indet. (49266)