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Santanaraptor placidus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Santanaraptor placidus was named by Kellner (1999). Its type specimen is MN 4802-V, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Santana do Cariri (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Santanaraptor placidus Kellner p. 2
2004Santanaraptor placidus Holtz, Jr. p. 114
2006Santanaraptor placidus Martínez and Novas p. 243
2008Santanaraptor placidus Machado et al. p. 309
2011Santanaraptor placidus Bittencourt and Langer p. 29
2012Santanaraptor placidus Candeiro et al. p. 223
2013Santanaraptor placidus Fernandes de Azevedo et al. p. 132
2013Santanaraptor placidus Furtado et al. p. 105
2014Santanaraptor placidus Delcourt and Grillo p. 311
2018Santanaraptor placidus Aranciaga Rolando et al. p. 107
2018Santanaraptor placidus Aureliano et al. p. 284
2020Santanaraptor placidus Pereira et al. p. 1

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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
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
superfamilyTyrannosauroidea
genusSantanaraptor
speciesplacidus

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.

†Santanaraptor placidus Kellner 1999
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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: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Santanaraptor placidus (type locality: 67712)