Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Lapampasaurus cholinoi

Reptilia - Hadrosauridae

Taxonomy
Lapampasaurus cholinoi was named by Coria et al. (2012). Its type specimen is MPHN-Pv-01, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Islas Malvinas, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Lapampasaurus cholinoi Coria et al. p. 555
2014Lapampasaurus cholinoi Coria p. 335
2016Lapampasaurus cholinoi Cruzado-Caballero p. 49
2016Lapampasaurus cholinoi Salisbury et al. p. 126
2017Lapampasaurus cholinoi Cruzado-Caballero and Powell p. 1
2018Lapampasaurus cholinoi Cruzado-Caballero et al. p. 182

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
—Clypeodonta
—Iguanodontia()
—Dryomorpha
—Styracosterna
—Hadrosauriformes
—Hadrosauroidea()
familyHadrosauridae
genusLapampasaurus
speciescholinoi

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.

†Lapampasaurus cholinoi Coria et al. 2012
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. A. Coria et al. 2012Hadrosaurid dinosaur characterized by the following combination of characters: anterior cervical vertebrae with lateral foramina placed on the dorsal side of the diapophyses, scapula with deltoid crest with sharp lateral edge and convex dorsal surface, pedal ungual phalanx longer than wide with superficial grooves and foramina, and shallow longitudinal ventral ridge.