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Berthasaura leopoldinae

Reptilia - Noasauridae

Taxonomy
Berthasaura leopoldinae was named by de Souza et al. (2021). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MN 7821-V, a partial skeleton (a nearly complete disarticulated skeleton). Its type locality is Cemitério dos Pterossauros Quarry, which is in an Aptian/Campanian interdune sandstone/sandstone in the Goio-Erê Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Berthasaura leopoldinae de Souza et al.
2022Berthasaura leopoldinae Salem et al. p. 3

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
suborderCeratosauria()
familyNoasauridae
genusBerthasaura
speciesleopoldinae

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.

†Berthasaura leopoldinae de Souza et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. A. de Souza et al. 2021Noasaurid ceratosaur with the following combination of characters that distinguishes it from other members of the clade (autapomorphies are marked with an asterisk): edentulous rostrum (premaxilla, maxilla and dentary); lamellae on the medial surface of the premaxilla*; short dentaries with the length rostral to the mandibular fenestra about 1.5 times the height of the dentary*; protuberance projecting from the caudoventral end of the premaxillary buccal rim*; non-bifurcated rostral end of splenial*; postzygodiapophyseal lamina in mid-cervical vertebrae divided in two parts and reduced to low ridges; maximal length of metacarpus less than 15% of the length of humerus; iliac blade mediolaterally flattened; medial brevis shelf strongly reduced*; deep notch on the caudal margin of the ischial process producing an eminent and caudally-oriented prong*; rounded medial femoral epicondyle.
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 Aptian to the top of the Campanian or 125.00000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Campanian125.0 - 72.1Brazil (Paraná) Berthasaura leopoldinae (type locality: 160057)