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Amazonsaurus maranhensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Amazonsaurus maranhensis was named by Carvalho et al. (2003). Its type specimen is MN 4555-V, 4556, 4558, 4559, 4560, 4562, 4564; UFRJ-DG 58-R/1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mata locality, Itapecuru-Mirim, which is in an Aptian/Albian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/mudstone in the Itapecuru Formation of Brazil.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2006-11-15; modified by M. Carrano on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Amazonsaurus maranhensis Carvalho et al. p. 699 figs. 5-18
2005Amazonsaurus maranhensis Dos Santos et al. p. 327
2005Amazonsaurus maranhensis Gallina and Apesteguía p. 158
2007Amazonsaurus maranhensis Castro et al. p. 199
2009Amazonsaurus maranhensis Mannion p. 522
2010Amazonsaurus maranhensis Carballido et al. p. 500
2011Amazonsaurus maranhensis Bittencourt and Langer p. 31
2011Amazonsaurus maranhensis Candeiro et al. p. 84
2011Amazonsaurus maranhensis Mannion et al. p. 778
2012Amazonsaurus maranhensis Grellet-Tinner et al. p. 41
2012Amazonsaurus maranhensis Ibiricu et al. p. 227
2015Amazonsaurus maranhensis Ibiricu et al. p. 434
2015Amazonsaurus maranhensis de Jesus Faria et al. p. 156
2018Amazonsaurus maranhensis Carvalho and Santucci p. 22
2020Amazonsaurus maranhensis Pereira et al.

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

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.

†Amazonsaurus maranhensis Carvalho et al. 2003
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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: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Middle Albian or 119.57000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Middle Albian119.57 - 106.3Brazil (Maranhão) Dicraeosauridae indet. (type locality: 67219)