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Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis was named by Coria and Salgado (1996). Its type specimen is MUCPv-208, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2 km southeast of Cinco Saltos cemetery, facies 2 [MUCP], which is in a Campanian/Campanian floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Anacleto Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Coria and Salgado p. 445
1997Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Novas p. 684
1997Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Salgado et al. p. 933
1999Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Coria p. 9R
2001Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Naish and Martill p. 84
2002Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Buchholz p. 19
2002Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Porfiri and Calvo p. 45
2004Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Norman p. 432
2004Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Norman et al. p. 395
2007Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Coria et al. p. 475 fig. 2
2007Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Hübner and Rauhut p. 392
2007Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. p. 9
2008Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Butler et al. p. 9
2008Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Cerda p. 351
2008Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Cerda and Chinsamy-Turan p. 24R
2009Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Butler and Sullivan p. 27
2009Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Galton p. 214
2011Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Egerton et al. p. 10
2012Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Candeiro and Harris p. 76
2012Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14
2013Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Canudo et al. p. 11
2013Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Coria et al. p. 188
2015Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Cerda et al. p. 3
2016Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Becerra et al. p. 558
2016Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Cruzado-Caballero p. 49
2016Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Cruzado-Caballero et al. p. 146
2018Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Bell et al. p. 14
2018Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Cruzado-Caballero et al. p. 182
2018Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Herne et al. p. 15
2018Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Madzia et al. p. 969
2019Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Bell et al. p. 6
2019Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Cruzado-Caballero et al. p. 211
2019Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Herne et al. p. 552
2019Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Ibiricu et al. p. 281
2020Gasparinisaura cincosaltentsis Dalla Vecchia p. 612
2020Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Dieudonné et al.
2020Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Han et al. 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
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
Hypsilophodontidae()
Parksosauridae
genusGasparinisaura
speciescincosaltensis

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.

Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis Coria and Salgado 1996
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Salgado et al. 1997Anterior process of jugal wedged between maxilla and lacrimal; anteroposteriorly wide ascending process of jugal; ascending process of jugal posteriorly contacts ventral process of postorbital; infratemporal fenestra narrows ventrally into a ventroposteriorly directed slot bordered by quadratojugal; apex of arched dorsal margin of infratemporal fenestra positioned posterior to mandibular articulation; sacrum with four true sacrals; first and second sacral ribs not fused; subtriangular, anteroposteriorly expanded chevrons in midcaudal region; long pubic peduncle of ilium; fully fused greater and lesser trochanter of femur; absence of intercondylar groove in femur; condylid of femur laterally placed; inner and outer malleoli approximately level ventrally; low ascendant process of astragalus; metatarsal II transversely compressed in anterior view (less than fifteen percent of transverse width of three metatarsals) and anteroposteriorly developed.
R. J. Butler et al. 2008Anteroposteriorly wide ascending process of lacrimal contacts ventral process of postorbital posteriorly; infratemporal fenestra bordered entirely ventrally by quadratojugal; apex of arched dorsal margin of infratemporal fenestra positioned posterior to mandibular articulation; fully fused greater and lesser trochanters; condylid of femur laterally positioned.
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: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Argentina (Río Negro) Dryomorpha indet. (type locality: 52437 67094) Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis (82494)