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Rocasaurus muniozi

Reptilia - Saltasauridae

Taxonomy
Rocasaurus muniozi was named by Salgado and Azpilicueta (2000). Its type specimen is MPCA-Pv 46 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Salitral Moreno (NH1), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/sandstone in the Allen Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Rocasaurus muniozi Salgado and Azpilicueta p. 260 figs. 2-9
2002Rocasaurus muniozi Wilson p. 249
2003Rocasaurus muniozi Salgado p. 442
2004Rocasaurus muniozi Upchurch et al. p. 270
2005Rocasaurus muniozi Curry Rogers p. 66
2005Rocasaurus muniozi Salgado and Coria p. 440
2006Rocasaurus muniozi Simón p. 524
2009Rocasaurus muniozi González Riga et al. p. 141
2010Rocasaurus muniozi Otero p. 419
2011Rocasaurus muniozi D'Emic and Wilson
2011Rocasaurus muniozi González Riga p. 282
2011Rocasaurus muniozi Navarrete et al. p. 9
2012Rocasaurus muniozi Candeiro and Harris p. 74
2012Rocasaurus muniozi Mannion and Otero p. 634
2012Rocasaurus muniozi Vila et al. p. 29
2013Rocasaurus muniozi Otero and Reguero p. 11
2015Rocasaurus muniozi García et al. p. 48
2015Rocasaurus muniozi Zurriaguz and Powell p. 283
2015Rocasaurus muniosi de Jesus Faria et al. p. 157
2016Rocasaurus muniozi Cruzado-Caballero and Coria p. 232
2017Rocasaurus muniozi Cruzado-Caballero and Powell p. 2
2017Rocasaurus muniozi Zurriaguz et al. p. 101
2019Rocasaurus munozi Wilson et al. p. 21
2021Rocasaurus muniozi Gallina et al. p. 35
2022Rocasaurus muniozi Navarro et al. p. 326

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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
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
—Lithostrotia
superfamilySaltasauroideaPowell 1992
familySaltasauridae
subfamilySaltasaurinae
genusRocasaurus
speciesmuniozi

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.

†Rocasaurus muniozi Salgado and Azpilicueta 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Rocasaurus muniozi (231729) Saltasaurus n. sp. (type locality: 32370)