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Rapetosaurus
Taxonomy
Rapetosaurus was named by Curry Rogers and Forster (2001).
It was assigned to Titanosauridae by González Riga et al. (2009); to Pakisauridae by Malkani (2010) and Malkani (2010); to Nemegtosauridae by Wilson (2002), Wilson (2005), Suteethorn et al. (2010), Ksepka and Norell (2010), Zaher et al. (2011) and Grellet-Tinner et al. (2011); to Eutitanosauria by Calvo et al. (2007), Calvo et al. (2007) and Filippi et al. (2011); to Titanosauria by You et al. (2004), Curry Rogers and Forster (2004) and Mannion et al. (2013); to Somphospondyli by Xing et al. (2015); to Lithostrotia by Upchurch et al. (2004), Curry Rogers (2005), Coria et al. (2013), González Riga and Ortiz David (2014) and González Riga et al. (2016); and to Saltasauroidea by Navarro et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Titanosauridae by González Riga et al. (2009); to Pakisauridae by Malkani (2010) and Malkani (2010); to Nemegtosauridae by Wilson (2002), Wilson (2005), Suteethorn et al. (2010), Ksepka and Norell (2010), Zaher et al. (2011) and Grellet-Tinner et al. (2011); to Eutitanosauria by Calvo et al. (2007), Calvo et al. (2007) and Filippi et al. (2011); to Titanosauria by You et al. (2004), Curry Rogers and Forster (2004) and Mannion et al. (2013); to Somphospondyli by Xing et al. (2015); to Lithostrotia by Upchurch et al. (2004), Curry Rogers (2005), Coria et al. (2013), González Riga and Ortiz David (2014) and González Riga et al. (2016); and to Saltasauroidea by Navarro et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2001 | Rapetosaurus Curry Rogers and Forster |
2002 | Rapetosaurus Wilson p. 240 fig. 13 |
2004 | Rapetosaurus Curry Rogers and Forster p. 122 |
2004 | Rapetosaurus Upchurch et al. p. 270 |
2004 | Rapetosaurus You et al. p. 910 fig. 6 |
2005 | Rapetosaurus Curry Rogers pp. 69-71 figs. 2.11-2.13 |
2005 | Rapetosaurus Wilson p. 311 |
2007 | Rapetosaurus Calvo et al. p. 497 fig. 14 |
2007 | Rapetosaurus Calvo et al. p. 533 fig. 3 |
2009 | Rapetosaurus González Riga et al. p. 144 fig. 11 |
2010 | Rapetosaurus Ksepka and Norell |
2010 | Rapetosaurus Malkani p. 59 |
2010 | Rapetosaurus Suteethorn et al. |
2011 | Rapetosaurus Filippi et al. |
2011 | Rapetosaurus Grellet-Tinner et al. p. 625 |
2011 | Rapetosaurus Zaher et al. p. 8 fig. 7 |
2013 | Rapetosaurus Coria et al. |
2013 | Rapetosaurus Mannion et al. |
2014 | Rapetosaurus González Riga and Ortiz David |
2015 | Rapetosaurus Xing et al. |
2016 | Rapetosaurus González Riga et al. |
2022 | Rapetosaurus Navarro et al. p. 344 fig. 13 |
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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
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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 |
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Late/Upper Cretaceous | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | R. krausei (232462) | |
Maastrichtian | Madagascar (Mahajanga) | R. krausei (25074 39074 144728 206553) |