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Zapalasaurus bonapartei

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Zapalasaurus bonapartei was named by Salgado et al. (2006). Its type specimen is Pv-6127-MOZ, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Morales, La Picaza, which is in a Barremian/Aptian alluvial fan mudstone in the La Amarga Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Zapalasaurus bonapartei Salgado et al. p. 699 figs. 4-8
2007Zapalasaurus bonapartei Apesteguía p. 536
2009Zapalasaurus bonapartei Mannion p. 522
2010Zapalasaurus bonapartei Calvo and Porfiri p. 101
2010Zapalasaurus bonapartei Carballido et al. p. 500
2011Zapalasaurus bonapartei Mannion et al. p. 778
2012Zapalasaurus bonapartei Grellet-Tinner et al. p. 41
2012Zapalasaurus bonapartei Ibiricu et al. p. 220
2012Zapalasaurus bonapartei Salgado et al. p. 609
2015Zapalasaurus bonapartei Ibiricu et al. p. 439
2015Zapalasaurus bonapartei de Jesus Faria et al. p. 155
2021Zapalasaurus bonapartei Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo p. 1
2021Zapalasaurus bonapartei Windholz et al.

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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
—Diplodocoidea()
—Diplodocimorpha
—Rebbachisauridae()
genusZapalasaurus
speciesbonapartei

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.

†Zapalasaurus bonapartei Salgado 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: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 130.00000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Argentina (Neuquén) Zapalasaurus bonapartei (type locality: 67218)