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Titanopodus mendozensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Titanopodus mendozensis was named by González Riga and Calvo (2009). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is AC-1, a footprint, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Agua del Choique tracksite (Loncoche, upper) (Lo-3), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian delta plain sandstone/limestone in the Loncoche Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Titanopodus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Titanopodus mendozensis González Riga and Calvo p. 624 figs. 4-5
2010Titanopodus mendozensis Candeiro p. 245
2011Titanopodus mendozensis González Riga p. 280
2012Titanopodus mendozensis Kim and Lockley p. 84
2013Titanopodus mendozensis González Riga et al. p. R19–R20
2015Titanopodus mendozensis González Riga et al. p. 131
2016Titanopodus mendozensis Salisbury et al. p. 50
2017Titanopodus mendozensis Mazin et al. p. 290
2018Titanopodus mendozensis Meyer et al. p. 232
2020Titanopodus mendozensis Krapovickas et al. p. 453
2020Titanopodus mendozensis Moreau et al. p. 10
2021Titanopodus mendozensis Poropat et al. p. 30
2022Titanopodus mendozensis Tomaselli et al. p. 11

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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
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
genusTitanopodus
speciesmendozensis

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.

†Titanopodus mendozensis González Riga and Calvo 2009
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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 Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) Eutitanosauria indet. (type locality: 91472)