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Isanosaurus attavipachi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Isanosaurus attavipachi was named by Buffetaut et al. (2000). Its type specimen is CH4 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phu Nok Khian (Nam Phong), which is in a Pliensbachian/Toarcian fluvial sandstone in the Nam Phong Formation of Thailand. It is the type species of Isanosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Isanosaurus attavipachi Buffetaut et al. p. 72 figs. 1-2
2002Isanosaurus attavipachi Buffetaut et al. p. 95
2002Isanosaurus attavipachi Wilson p. 248
2004Isanosaurus attavipachi Upchurch et al. p. 261
2006Isanosaurus attavipachi Buffetaut et al. p. 21
2006Isanosaurus attavipachi Moser et al. p. 44
2008Isanosaurus attavipachi Allain and Aquesbi p. 400
2008Isanosaurus attavipachi Suteethorn and Buffetaut p. 55
2009Isanosaurus attavipachi Le Loeuff et al. p. 248
2010Isanosaurus attavipachi Bandyopadhyay et al. p. 535
2010Isanosaurus attavipachi Langer et al. p. 71

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
genusIsanosaurus
speciesattavipachi

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.

†Isanosaurus attavipachi Buffetaut et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Buffetaut et al. 2000A primitive sauropod dinosaur with a robust femur bearing a very prominent, acuminate, S-shaped fourth trochanter located in the proximal half of the bone.
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: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Toarcian or 190.80000 to 174.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1Thailand (Chaiyaphum) Isanosaurus attavipachi (type locality: 48871)