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Puertasaurus reuili

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Puertasaurus reuili was named by Novas et al. (2005). Its type specimen is MPM 10002 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Los Hornos, La Leona, which is in a Campanian fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Cerro Fortaleza Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Puertasaurus reuili Novas et al. p. 37 figs. 1-3
2006Puertasaurus reuili Royo-Torres et al. figs. Table S3
2007Puertasaurus reuili Calvo et al. p. 533
2010Puertasaurus reuili Ezcurra et al. p. 1
2011Puertasaurus reuili Egerton et al. p. 10
2011Puertasaurus reuili Gallina p. 239 fig. 4
2011Puertasaurus reuili Navarrete et al. p. 11
2012Puertasaurus reuili Candeiro and Harris p. 78
2012Puertasaurus reuili Mannion and Otero p. 634
2014Puertasaurus reuili González Riga and Ortiz David p. 3
2014Puertasaurus reuili Woodruff and Foster p. 216
2015Puertasaurus reuilli de Jesus Faria et al. p. 157
2016Puertasaurus reuili Salisbury et al. p. 125
2016Puertasaurus reuili Ullmann and Lacovara p. 1
2017Puertasaurus reuili Gorscak et al. p. 17
2022Puertasaurus reuili Navarro et al. p. 346

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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
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
Titanosauria
Colossosauria
genusPuertasaurus
speciesreuili

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.

Puertasaurus reuili Novas 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: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Argentina (Santa Cruz) Puertasaurus reuili (type locality: 62910)