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Aegyptosaurus baharijensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Aegyptosaurus baharijensis was named by Stromer (1932). Its type specimen is BSP 1912 VIII 61, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel el Dist (7m), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial sandstone in the Baharîje Formation of Egypt.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Stromer p. 3 figs. Pl. 1:1-9
1939Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Kuhn p. 112
1957Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Lapparent p. 109
1958Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Lapparent p. 1239
1963Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Furon p. 154
1970Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Steel p. 74
1987Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Casanovas et al. p. 98
1990Aegyptosaurus baharijensis McIntosh p. 396
1992Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Molnar p. 266
1997Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Salgado and Calvo p. 45
2002Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Wilson p. 248
2003Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Powell p. 73
2004Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Upchurch et al. p. 267
2005Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Curry Rogers p. 66
2010Aegyptosaurus aegyptiacus Cavin et al. p. 398
2010Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Taquet p. 97
2012Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Le Loeuff et al. p. 489
2015Aegyptosaurus aegyptiacus Evers et al. p. 75
2017Aegyptosaurus baharijensis Gorscak et al. p. 2

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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()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
genusAegyptosaurus
speciesbaharijensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesg
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: 2005-08-25 06:14:07
Modified: 2005-08-25 08:14:07
Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Berriasian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 145.00000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian145.0 - 136.4Niger (Agadez) Aegyptosaurus baharijensis (25223)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Niger (Tahoua) Aegyptosaurus baharijensis (25219)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Niger (Agadez) Aegyptosaurus baharijensis (25221)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Matruh) Aegyptosaurus baharijensis (type locality: 51993 51994)