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Lurdusaurus arenatus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Lurdusaurus arenatus was named by Taquet and Russell (1999). Its type specimen is MNHN GDF 1700 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Camp des deux arbres, Gadoufaoua, which is in an Albian terrestrial horizon in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger. It is the type species of Lurdusaurus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Gravisaurus tenerensis Chabli
1999Lurdusaurus arenatus Taquet and Russell
2004Lurdusaurus arenatus Norman p. 416
2006Lurdusaurus arenatus Pereda Suberbiola et al. p. 227
2008Lurdusaurus arenatus Paul p. 199
2009Lurdusaurus arenatus Galton p. 215
2010Lurdusaurus arenatus Carpenter and Ishida p. 151
2010Lurdusaurus arenatus McDonald et al. p. 32
2011Lurdusaurus arenatus Wang et al. p. 138
2013Lurdusaurus arenatus Bertozzo et al. p. 119
2013Lurdusaurus arenatus Yang et al. p. 275
2013Lurdusaurus arenatus Zheng et al.
2016Lurdusaurus arenatus Fanti et al. p. 267
2016Lurdusaurus arenatus Fuentes Vidarte et al. p. 423
2016Lurdusaurus arenatus Salisbury et al. p. 126
2019Lurdusaurus arenatus Cruzado-Caballero et al. p. 218
2021Lurdusaurus arenatus Verdú et al. p. 4

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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()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
—Clypeodonta
—Iguanodontia()
superfamilyIguanodontoidea
genusLurdusaurus
speciesarenatus

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.

†Lurdusaurus arenatus Taquet and Russell 1999
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Invalid names: Gravisaurus tenerensis Chabli 1988 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. S. Paul 2008Adults large. Overall *extremely massively constructed. Occipital condyle *directed posteriorly. Quadrate *very short, shaft straight, transversely broad, dorso-posterior buttress large. Cervical series *elongated, *well developed hypapophyses on posterior cervical centra. Dorsal neural spines short, ossified vertebral ligaments *probably absent. Ribcage *rotund. Forelimb w60% length of hindlimb. Coracoid large. Olecranon process large. Manus short and broad, pollex spike very large. Anterior ilia *diverge widely. Prepubic process of pubis shallow, postpubic process very short.
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: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Albian or 113.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Niger (Agadez) Ornithopoda indet. (type locality: 28569)