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Lessemsaurus sauropoides

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Lessemsaurus sauropoides was named by Bonaparte (1999). Its type specimen is PVL 4822-1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Paraje La Esquina, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Los Colorados Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Lessemsaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Lessemsaurus sauropoides Bonaparte p. 133 figs. 13-15
2004Lessemsaurus sauropoides Galton and Upchurch p. 234
2005Lessemsaurus sauropoides Apesteguía p. 249
2005Lessemsaurus sauropoides Galton et al. p. 4
2007Lessemsaurus sauropoides Pol and Powell
2007Lessemsaurus sauropoides Upchurch et al. p. 76
2010Lessemsaurus sauropoides Langer et al. p. 70
2011Lessemsaurus sauropoides Apaldetti et al. p. 1
2012Lessemsaurus sauropoides Ezcurra and Apaldetti p. 162
2015Lessemsaurus sauropoides Martínez et al. p. 385–386
2016Lessemsaurus sauropoides Peyre de Fabrègues and Allain p. 19 fig. 8

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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
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Sauropoda()
Lessemsauridae
genusLessemsaurus
speciessauropoides

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.

Lessemsaurus sauropoides Bonaparte 1999
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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
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Argentina (La Rioja) Lessemsaurus sauropoides (type locality: 56156)