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Padillasaurus leivaensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Padillasaurus leivaensis was named by Carballido et al. (2015). Its type specimen is JACVM 0001, a set of vertebrae (Dorsal, sacral and caudal vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Tordolla, Villa de Leiva, which is in a Barremian coastal claystone in the Paja Formation of Colombia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Padillasaurus leivaensis Carballido et al.
2016Padillasaurus leivaensis Salisbury et al. p. 125
2020Padillasaurus leivaensis Noè et al. p. 377

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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
—Somphospondyli
genusPadillasaurus
speciesleivaensis

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.

†Padillasaurus leivaensis Carballido et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available