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Chebsaurus algeriensis

Reptilia - Cetiosauridae

Taxonomy
Chebsaurus algeriensis was named by Mahammed et al. (2005). It is not extant. Its type specimen is D001-01 to 78. Its type locality is Rouis El Djir, High Atlas, which is in a Callovian terrestrial claystone/lime mudstone in the Aïssa Formation of Algeria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Chebsaurus algeriensis Mahammed et al. p. 709 fig. 2
2007Chebsaurus algeriensis Regagba et al. p. 145
2010Chebsaurus algeriensis Taquet p. 91
2012Chebsaurus algeriensis Knoll et al. p. 2
2015Chebsaurus algeriensis Rauhut p. 48
2019Chebsaurus algeriensis Raveloson et al. p. 1
2020Chebsaurus algeriensis Bessedik et al. p. 21

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
familyCetiosauridae
genusChebsaurus
speciesalgeriensis

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.

Chebsaurus algeriensis Mahammed et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. Mahammed et al. 2005Primitive eusauropod displaying the following autapomorphies: a slender and elongated surangular; teeth crown and root with tuberculated surface; short and robust basioccipital tubera which diverge with a V-shape (60°) and are inclined at about 70° to the horizontal in caudal view (their elliptical surface is oriented with a craniodorsal long axis); the base of the postzygodiapophysial lamina (podl, [29]) of the transverse process is included within the cranial part of the postzygapophysis in lateral view; there is a small elliptical fossa caudodorsally to the lateral excavations (pseudopleurocoels) on one middle dorsal vertebra centrum.
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: Callovian or 166.10000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Algeria (Naama) Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 60171)