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Pellegrinisaurus powelli

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Pellegrinisaurus powelli was named by Salgado (1996). Its type specimen is MPCA-Pv 1500, a set of postcrania (Dorsal + caudal vertebrae and femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cantera de la Pala Mécanica (MPCA), which is in a Maastrichtian/Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Pellegrinisaurus powelli Salgado pp. 355-365
2000Pellegrinisaurus powelli Salgado and Azpilicueta p. 259
2002Pellegrinisaurus powelli Salgado and García p. 215
2002Pellegrinisaurus powelli Wilson p. 249
2003Pellegrinisaurus powelli Powell p. 55
2003Pellegrinisaurus powelli Salgado p. 442
2004Pellegrinisaurus powelli Upchurch et al. p. 269
2004Pellegrinisaurus powelli de Almeida et al. p. 242
2005Pellegrinisaurus powelli Campos et al. p. 577
2005Pellegrinisaurus powelli Kellner et al. p. 540
2005Pellegrinisaurus powelli Salgado and Coria p. 440
2006Pellegrinisaurus powelli Kellner et al. p. 2
2008Pellegrinisaurus powelli Filippi and Garrido p. 587
2008Pellegrinisaurus powelli Soto et al. p. 16
2009Pellegrinisaurus powelli González Riga et al. p. 140
2011Pellegrinisaurus powelli D'Emic and Wilson p. 71
2012Pellegrinisaurus powelli Candeiro and Harris p. 76
2012Pellegrinisaurus powelli Mannion and Otero p. 634
2012Pellegrinisaurus powelli Soto et al. p. 74
2013Pellegrinisaurus powelli Díez Díaz et al. p. 146
2014Pellegrinisaurus powelli Mocho et al.
2015Pellegrinisaurus powelli de Jesus Faria et al. p. 157
2021Pellegrinisaurus powelli Cerda et al.
2022Pellegrinisaurus powelli Navarro et al. p. 327

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Massopoda
—Sauropodiformes
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Somphospondyli
—Titanosauria
—Lithostrotia
genusPellegrinisaurus
speciespowelli

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.

†Pellegrinisaurus powelli Salgado 1996
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. E. Powell 2003Large titanosaurid characterised by strongly depressed dorsal centra, midposterior and posterior caudals with anteroposteriorly elongated and dorsoventrally depressed neural spines, the anterior ends of which are higher than the posterior ones. Transverse width of the centrum of the posterior dorsals approximately twice the maximum dorsoventral depth.
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
References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Epachthosaurus sp. (type locality: 32339)