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Wintonotitan wattsi
Taxonomy
Wintonotitan wattsi was named by Hocknull et al. (2009). Its type specimen is QMF 7292, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Triangle Paddock, Elderslie Station (QM L313), which is in a Cenomanian channel lag sandstone/claystone in the Winton Formation of Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Wintonotitan wattsi Hocknull et al. p. 15 figs. 2C, 13-19 |
| 2010 | Wintonotitan wattsi Molnar p. 426 |
| 2011 | Wintonotitan wattsi Molnar p. 305 |
| 2012 | Wintonotitan wattsi D'Emic |
| 2015 | Wintonotitan wattsi Poropat et al. |
| 2016 | Wintonotitan wattsi Salisbury et al. p. 125 |
| 2019 | Wintonotitan wattsi Brougham et al. p. 11 |
| 2020 | Wintonotitan wattsi Poropat et al. p. 1 |
| 2021 | Wintonotitan wattsi Frauenfelder et al. p. 354 |
| 2021 | Wintonotitan wattsi Ren et al. p. 1877 |
| 2021 | Wintonotitan wattsi Rigby et al. p. 1 |
| 2023 | Wintonotitan wattsi Poropat et al. p. 4 |
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†Wintonotitan wattsi Hocknull et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. A. Hocknull et al. 2009 | Wintonotitan wattsi gen. et sp. nov. is characterised by the unique association of the following features. Dorsal vertebrae possessing camellate pneumatic cavities; deep eye-shaped pleurocoels; prespinal and postspinal laminae extending along entire length of neural spine; incipient spinoprezygopophyseal lamina (autapomorphic). Dorsal ribs with pneumatic cavities along 1/3 of proximal end; large and plank-like. Caudal vertebrae number approximately 35; all with solid internal bone structure; anterior and middle caudal vertebrae amphiplatyan; anterior caudals with straight neural spines above cranial half of vertebra; posterior caudals incipiently biconvex and cylindrical (autapomorphic). Scapula long with broad acromial blade; ventromedial process present; mid-scapular blade ridge present; scapular-coracoid articular connection thin medio-laterally; distinct acromial ridge. Humerus gracile with divided distal condyles; deltopectoral crest low and narrow, terminating proximal of mid-shaft. Ulna long and gracile with broad proximal end and rounded distal articular end. Radii long and gracile; expanded sub-equally at proximal and distal ends. Metacarpals long and robust, distal condyles undivided and flat, missing phalangeal articular facets. Mc I longest, then Mc II, Mc III, Mc IV and Mc V. Preacetabular blade of ilium projecting antero-laterally from sacral axis; iliac blade with pneumatic cavities. Ischium broad and flat with robust iliac peduncle and thin ischial blade with rounded distal margin. |
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| Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cenomanian | Australia (Queensland) | Austrosaurus sp. (type locality: 60799) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Australia (Queensland) | Sauropoda indet. (60792) |