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Adamantisaurus mezzalirai

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Adamantisaurus mezzalirai was named by Santucci and Bertini (2006). Its type specimen is MUGEO 1282, 1289, 1295 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pacaembú Cut no. 45, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/siltstone in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Adamantisaurus mezzalirai Kellner et al. p. 2
2006Adamantisaurus mezzalirai Santucci and Bertini pp. 60-61 figs. 2, Pl. 1
2008Adamantisaurus mezzalirai Salgado and Carvalho p. 899
2011Adamantisaurus mezzalirai Bittencourt and Langer p. 33
2011Adamantisaurus mezzalirai Filippi et al. p. 7
2011Adamantisaurus mezzalirai Marinho and Iori p. 340
2011Adamantisaurus mezzalirai Martinelli et al. p. 35
2012Adamantisaurus mezzalirai Mannion and Otero p. 634
2014Adamantisaurus mezzalirai González Riga and Ortiz David p. 10
2015Adamantisaurus mezzalirai de Jesus Faria et al. p. 155
2020Adamantisaurus mezzalirai Malkani p. 476
2022Adamantisaurus mezzalirai Navarro et al. p. 346

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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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Titanosauria
Colossosauria
Rinconsauria
genusAdamantisaurus
speciesmezzalirai

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.

Adamantisaurus mezzalirai Santucci and Bertini 2006
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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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Titanosauridae indet. (type locality: 51667)