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Andesauridae (disused)

Reptilia - Andesauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Andesaurinae Calvo and Bonaparte p. 304
1993Andesauridae Bonaparte and Coria
1996Andesauridae Bonaparte p. 100
1996Andesaurinae Russell p. 391
1997Andesaurinae McIntosh p. 658
1999Andesauridae Bonaparte pp. 160-161
2005Andesauridae Apesteguía p. 259
2008Andesauridae Malkani p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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()
Titanosauria
familyAndesauridae()
familyAndesauridae()

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.

Fm. †Andesauridae Calvo and Bonaparte 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. F. Bonaparte and R. A. Coria 1993Titanosaurs that possess the following associated characters: small pleurocoels located in the anterior region of an ovoid pleurocoelic depression; two or three deep triangular depressions in the lateral face of the neural arch; neural arch and neural spine of the dorsal vertebrae more high than in Titanosauridae; very developed hyposphene-hypantrum, in some genera with extra articular sides; middle and distal caudal vertebrae amphiplatyan with short prezygapophysial processes. (Translated by M. C. Lamanna.)
J. F. Bonaparte 1996Titanosaurs showing the following combination of characters: dorsal vertebrae with small pleurocoels located in anterior part of a pleurocoelian, ovoid depression; two or three triangular, deep depressions on lateral side of neural arch; tall neural arch with elongate neural spine; well-developed hyposphene-hypanthrum; amphiplatian to slight opisthocoelian dorsal vertebrae; central caudal vertebrae (not known the proximal ones) amphiplatian with rather short prezygapophysial process.
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
Collections
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