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Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis was named by Bonaparte and Mateus (1999). Its type specimen is ML 414, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Praia de Porto Dinheiro cliff (top), which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay sandstone/mudstone in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal.

It was recombined as Supersaurus lourinhanensis by Tschopp et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Bonaparte and Mateus pp. 15-16 figs. 2-8
2002Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Wilson p. 248
2004Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Upchurch et al. p. 265
2006Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Harris p. 1116
2006Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Mateus p. 231
2006Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Royo-Torres et al. figs. Table S2
2007Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Escaso et al. p. 368
2007Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Royo-Torres et al. p. 183
2008Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Cerda p. 351
2008Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. p. 192
2009Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Ortega et al. p. 50
2010Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Mateus and Milàn p. 253
2010Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Ortega et al. p. 62
2012Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Ibiricu et al. p. 226
2012Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Mannion et al.
2013Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Mocho et al. p. 91
2013Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Tschopp and Mateus p. 877 fig. 11
2015Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Ibiricu et al. p. 432
2015Supersaurus lourinhanensis Tschopp et al.
2015Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Wings p. 8
2016Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Mocho et al. p. 228
2017Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Mocho et al. p. 2
2019Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Mocho 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()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Diplodocoidea()
Diplodocimorpha
Flagellicaudata
Diplodocidae()
Diplodocinae(Janensch 1929)
genusDinheirosaurus
specieslourinhanensis

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.

Dinheirosaurus lourinhanensis Bonaparte and Mateus 1999
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. F. Bonaparte and O. Mateus 1999Posterior cervical and dorsal vertebrae of the Diplodocus type, with bifurcated neural spines, but with only one well defined infraparapophysial lamina present from dorsal 4 backwards. In mid and posterior dorsals, the cited lamina is obliquely directed from the parapophysis to the ventroposterior corner of the neural arch. A complex structure derived from the hyposphene makes an accessory articulation, exposed in lateral view. Lower section of the neural arch of the mid and posterior dorsal vertebrae dorsoventrally shorter than in Diplodocus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

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

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 49304)