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Turiasauria

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Turiasauria Royo-Torres et al. p. 1926
2012Turiasauria Royo-Torres and Upchurch p. 555
2017Turiasauria Mannion et al.
2017Turiasauria Royo-Torres et al.
2019Turiasauria Mannion et al.
2024Turiasauria Milàn and Mateus p. 4

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Turiasauria
—Turiasauria

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.

Unr. †Turiasauria Royo-Torres et al. 2006
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G. †Losillasaurus Casanovas et al. 2001
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†Losillasaurus giganteus Casanovas et al. 2001
G. †Mierasaurus Royo-Torres et al. 2017
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†Mierasaurus bobyoungi Royo-Torres et al. 2017
G. †Moabosaurus Britt et al. 2017
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†Moabosaurus utahensis Britt et al. 2017
G. †Narindasaurus Royo-Torres et al. 2021
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†Narindasaurus thevenini Royo-Torres et al. 2021
G. †Tendaguria Bonaparte et al. 2000
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†Tendaguria tanzaniensis Bonaparte et al. 2000
G. †Turiasaurus Royo-Torres et al. 2006
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†Turiasaurus riodevensis Royo-Torres et al. 2006
G. †Zby Mateus et al. 2014
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†Zby atlanticus Mateus et al. 2014
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Royo-Torres et al. 2006Turiasauria is diagnosed by vertical cervical neural spines,
posterior centroparapophyseal laminae on dor-
sal vertebrae, absence of prespinal and post-
spinal laminae on dorsal vertebrae, absence of
the scapular acromial crest, proximal end of
humerus deflected medially (Fig. 1B), promi-
nent humeral deltopectoral crest, and finally by
a vertical ridge developed on the caudal side of
the distal half of the ulna.
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 Early/Lower Pliensbachian to the top of the Valanginian or 189.60000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Denmark (Bornholm) Turiasauria indet. (223749)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Madagascar (Mahajanga) Bothriospondylus madagascariensis (51249)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Rajasthan) Turiasauria indet. (227039)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Spain (Asturias) Turiasaurus riodevensis (213536)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) Turiasauria indet. (49216 219241)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Spain (Aragón) Turiasaurus riodevensis (94221)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Spain (Teruel) Eusauropoda indet. (85291) Turiasauria indet. (213533) Turiasaurus riodevensis (91396 213535)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) Pelorosaurus humerocristatus (49242)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Spain (Valencia) Losillasaurus giganteus (39423)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) Eusauropoda indet. (213534) Pelorosaurus precursor (49229) Turiasaurus riodevensis (91397) Zby atlanticus (88192)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Lisboa) Turiasauria indet. (154726)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) Turiasauria indet. (38680 49245)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Spain (Aragón) Turiasaurus riodevensis (68019)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Tanzania (Lindi) Gigantosaurus robustus (48361) Tendaguria sp. (48349)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Portugal (Centro) Turiasauria indet. (49248)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8France (Poitou-Charentes) Turiasauria indet. (142093)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9USA (Utah) Mierasaurus bobyoungi (97954)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Aptian145.0 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) Turiasauria indet. (199499)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9USA (Utah) Brachiosauridae indet., Titanosauridae indet. (27025)