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Ligabuesaurus leanzai

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Ligabuesaurus leanzai was named by Bonaparte et al. (2006). Its type specimen is MCF-PHV-233, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro de los Leones, level 2, which is in an Albian floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Lohan Cura Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Ligabuesaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Ligabuesaurus leanzai Bonaparte et al. p. 366 figs. 2-7
2009Ligabuesaurus leanzai González Riga et al. p. 141
2010Ligabuesaurus leanzai Calvo and Porfiri p. 101
2011Ligabuesaurus leanzai Gallina p. 239 fig. 4
2012Ligabuesaurus leanzai D'Emic
2012Ligabuesaurus leanzai Díez Díaz et al. p. 266
2012Ligabuesaurus leanzai Grellet-Tinner et al. p. 41
2012Ligabuesaurus leanzai Mannion and Otero p. 634
2014Ligabuesaurus leanzai González Riga and Ortiz David p. 7
2015Ligabuesaurus leanzai de Jesus Faria et al. p. 155
2017Ligabuesaurus leanzai Gorscak et al. p. 8
2020Ligabuesaurus leanzai Páramo et al. p. 379

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Somphospondyli
genusLigabuesaurus
speciesleanzai

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.

†Ligabuesaurus leanzai Bonaparte et al. 2006
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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: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Argentina (Neuquén) Ligabuesaurus leanzai (type locality: 51939)