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Brachytrachelopan mesai

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Brachytrachelopan mesai was named by Rauhut et al. (2005). Its type specimen is MPEF-PV 1716 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Cóndor NE sauropod site, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial sandstone in the Cañadón Calcáreo Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Brachytrachelopan mesai Rauhut et al. p. 670 fig. 1
2012Brachytrachelopan mesai Coria et al. p. R44
2012Brachytrachelopan mesai Ibiricu et al. p. 226
2015Brachytrachelopan mesai Salgado et al. p. 418
2019Brachytrachelopan mesai Gallina et al. p. 1
2021Brachytrachelopan mesai Windholz 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
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
—Dicraeosauridae()
genusBrachytrachelopan
speciesmesai

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.

†Brachytrachelopan mesai Rauhut et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Argentina (Chubut) Brachytrachelopan mesai (type locality: 51287)