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Rapetosaurus

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Rapetosaurus Curry Rogers and Forster
2002Rapetosaurus Wilson p. 240 fig. 13
2004Rapetosaurus Curry Rogers and Forster p. 122
2004Rapetosaurus Upchurch et al. p. 270
2004Rapetosaurus You et al. p. 910 fig. 6
2005Rapetosaurus Curry Rogers pp. 69-71 figs. 2.11-2.13
2005Rapetosaurus Wilson p. 311
2007Rapetosaurus Calvo et al. p. 497 fig. 14
2007Rapetosaurus Calvo et al. p. 533 fig. 3
2009Rapetosaurus González Riga et al. p. 144 fig. 11
2010Rapetosaurus Ksepka and Norell
2010Rapetosaurus Malkani p. 59
2010Rapetosaurus Suteethorn et al.
2011Rapetosaurus Filippi et al.
2011Rapetosaurus Grellet-Tinner et al. p. 625
2011Rapetosaurus Zaher et al. p. 8 fig. 7
2013Rapetosaurus Coria et al.
2013Rapetosaurus Mannion et al.
2014Rapetosaurus González Riga and Ortiz David
2015Rapetosaurus Xing et al.
2016Rapetosaurus González Riga et al.
2022Rapetosaurus Navarro et al. p. 344 fig. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Titanosauria
Eutitanosauria
Saltasauroidea(Powell 1992)
genusRapetosaurus

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.

G. †Rapetosaurus Curry Rogers and Forster 2001
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Rapetosaurus krausei Curry Rogers and Forster 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) R. krausei (232462)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar (Mahajanga) R. krausei (25074 39074 144728 206553)