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Lourinhasaurus

Reptilia - Camarasauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Lourinhasaurus Dantas et al. p. A91
2004Lourinhasaurus Upchurch et al. p. 262
2006Lourinhasaurus Royo-Torres et al. p. 1926 fig. 3
2007Lourinhasaurus Royo-Torres et al. p. 184
2010Lourinhasaurus Canudo et al.
2010Lourinhasaurus Mateus and Milàn p. 254
2013Lourinhasaurus Mocho et al. p. 91
2014Lourinhasaurus Mocho et al.
2015Lourinhasaurus Tschopp et al.
2016Lourinhasaurus Foster and Peterson p. 440
2017Lourinhasaurus Mocho et al. p. 2
2019Lourinhasaurus Mannion et al.

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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
Camarasauromorpha
familyCamarasauridae
genusLourinhasaurus

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.

G. †Lourinhasaurus Dantas et al. 1998
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Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis Lapparent and Zbyszewski 1957
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: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) Apatosaurus alenquerensis (49229 49247) Brontosaurus sp. (49218)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) Apatosaurus alenquerensis (49219)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Lisboa) Apatosaurus alenquerensis (49230)