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Losillasaurus giganteus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Losillasaurus giganteus was named by Casanovas et al. (2001). Its type specimen is MCNV Lo-5, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Cañada, Barranco de Escáiz, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian channel lag sandstone in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Losillasaurus giganteus Casanovas et al. p. 111 figs. 1-7
2002Losillasaurus giganteus Wilson p. 249
2003Losillasaurus giganteus Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo p. 282
2004Losillasaurus giganteus Upchurch et al. p. 265
2005Losillasaurus giganteus Gallina and Apesteguía p. 158
2006Losillasaurus giganteus Barco et al. p. 190
2006Losillasaurus giganteus Royo-Torres et al. figs. Table S2
2007Losillasaurus giganteus Royo-Torres et al. p. 183
2008Losillasaurus giganteus Suñer et al. p. 405
2009Losillasaurus giganteus Pereda Suberbiola et al. p. 13
2010Losillasaurus giganteus Canudo et al. p. 167
2011Losillasaurus giganteus Vila et al. p. 135
2014Losillasaurus giganteus Cobos et al. p. 31
2014Losillasaurus giganteus Mocho et al.
2019Losillasaurus giganteus Mocho et al. p. 18
2021Losillasaurus giganteus Royo-Torres et al.
2022Losillasaurus giganteus Sharma et al. p. 195

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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()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Turiasauria
genusLosillasaurus
speciesgiganteus

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.

Losillasaurus giganteus Casanovas et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available