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Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis was named by Casal et al. (2007). Its type specimen is UNPSJB-PV 959/1 to 959/27, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ephemeral island, Lago Colhué Huapi, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian floodplain sandstone in the Lago Colhué Huapi Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Casal et al. p. 55 figs. 2-6
2008Aeolosaurus colhuehuapiensis Lopes and Buchmann p. 71
2010Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Calvo and Porfiri p. 106
2010Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Candeiro p. 245
2010Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Casal and Ibiricu p. 252
2010Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Ibiricu et al.
2011Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Filippi et al. p. 7
2011Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Ibiricu et al. p. 339
2011Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Juárez Valieri et al. p. 156
2011Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Martinelli et al. p. 35
2011Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Navarrete et al. p. 10
2011Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Santucci and Arruda-Campos
2015Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Casal et al. p. 86
2015Aeolosaurus colhuehuapiensis de Jesus Faria et al. p. 157
2016Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Martínez et al. p. 59
2019Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Ibiricu et al. p. 276
2019Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Previtera p. 346
2022Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Soto 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
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
—Colossosauria
—Aeolosaurini
genusAeolosaurus
speciescolhuehuapensis

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.

†Aeolosaurus colhuehuapensis Casal et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Casal et al. 2007A. colhuehuapensis is distinguished from A. rionegrinus by the following characters: anterior caudal vertebrae possessing deep fossae between the transverse
processes and the base of the neural spine; anterior caudal vertebrae with a slender lamina joining the base of the prespinal lamina with the lower edge of the articular facet in the medial part of the prezygapophysis, producing a fossa on both sides of the prespinal lamina; caudal vertebrae with the posterior articular cone centrally placed.
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 Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Aeolosaurus sp. (type locality: 52909)