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Zapalasaurus

Osteichthyes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Zapalasaurus Salgado et al. p. 699
2007Zapalasaurus Apesteguía p. 536
2009Zapalasaurus Mannion p. 522
2010Zapalasaurus Carballido et al. pp. 498-499 fig. 5
2011Zapalasaurus Mannion et al. p. 778
2011Zapalasaurus Whitlock
2012Zapalasaurus Carballido et al.
2012Zapalasaurus Ibiricu et al. p. 220
2012Zapalasaurus Mannion et al.
2012Zapalasaurus Salgado et al. p. 605
2013Zapalasaurus Torcida Fernández-Baldor and Canudo p. 31
2015Zapalasaurus Ibiricu et al. p. 439
2015Zapalasaurus Wilson and Allain p. 25 fig. 16
2019Zapalasaurus Mannion et al.
2021Zapalasaurus Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo p. 1
2021Zapalasaurus Windholz et al.
2024Zapalasaurus Lerzo et al.
2025Zapalasaurus Mannion and Moore

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Diplodocoidea()
Diplodocimorpha
Rebbachisauridae()
genusZapalasaurus

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.

G. †Zapalasaurus Salgado et al. 2006
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Zapalasaurus bonapartei Salgado et al. 2006
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: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Argentina (Neuquén) Z. bonapartei (67218)