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Thanos simonattoi

Reptilia - Abelisauridae

Taxonomy
Thanos simonattoi was named by Delcourt and Iori (2020) [Abelisaurid theropod characterized by the following unique combination of characters: (1) well-developed keel on the ventral surface becoming wider and deeper posteriorly; (2) lateral small foramina separated by a relative wide wall and (3) well-developed and deep prezygapophyseal spinodiapophyseal fossae.]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is MPMA 08–0016/95, a set of vertebrae (An almost complete axis fused with an axial intercentrum). Its type locality is North of Ibirá (near the farm of Sérgio Luis Simonatto), which is in a Santonian/Campanian fluvial sandstone in the São José do Rio Preto Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Thanos.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Thanos simonattoi Delcourt and Iori

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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()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
suborderCeratosauria()
superfamilyAbelisauroidea
familyAbelisauridae
Brachyrostra
genusThanos
speciessimonattoi

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.

Thanos simonattoi Delcourt and Iori 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6Brazil (São Paulo) Abelisauridae indet. (type locality: 96196)