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Unaysaurus tolentinoi

Reptilia - Plateosauridae

Taxonomy
Unaysaurus tolentinoi was named by Leal et al. (2004). Its type specimen is UFSM 11069, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Água Negra, which is in a Norian terrestrial conglomerate/shale in the Caturrita Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Unaysaurus tolentinoi Leal et al. pp. 3-4 figs. 2-8
2007Unaysaurus tolentinoi Barrett et al. p. 321
2010Unaysaurus tolentinoi Langer et al. p. 70
2011Unaysaurus tolentinoi Apaldetti et al. p. 1
2011Unaysaurus tolentinoi Bittencourt and Langer p. 35
2013Unaysaurus tolentinoi Bittencourt et al. p. 92
2013Unaysaurus tolentinoi Da-Rosa p. R14
2019Unaysaurus tolentinoi McPhee et al.
2021Unaysaurus tolentinoi Müller and Garcia 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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
familyPlateosauridae
genusUnaysaurus
speciestolentinoi

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.

Unaysaurus tolentinoi Leal et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Prosauropoda indet. (type locality: 45513)