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Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis was named by Apesteguía (2007). Its type specimen is Unviersity of Vienna collection (lost), a set of vertebrae (dorsal vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barda Alarcón, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial sandstone in the Candeleros Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Nopcsaspondylus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis Apesteguía p. 544 fig. 2
2009Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis Mannion p. 522
2010Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis Carballido et al. p. 500
2012Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis Grellet-Tinner et al. p. 41
2012Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis Ibiricu et al. p. 230
2015Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis Ibiricu et al. p. 431
2021Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo p. 1

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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
—Diplodocoidea()
—Diplodocimorpha
—Rebbachisauridae()
—Khebbashia
—Limaysaurinae
genusNopcsaspondylus
speciesalarconensis

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.

†Nopcsaspondylus alarconensis Apesteguía 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Apesteguía 2007Same as for genus.
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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Argentina (Neuquén) Bothriospondylus sp. (type locality: 51943)