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Turiasaurus riodevensis
Taxonomy
Turiasaurus riodevensis was named by Royo-Torres et al. (2006). Its type specimen is CPT-1195 to CPT-1210, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barrihonda–El Humero, RD-10, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fine channel fill claystone/sandstone in the Villar del Arzobispo Formation of Spain.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Royo-Torres et al. p. 1925 |
| 2008 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Cobos et al. p. 89 |
| 2008 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Royo-Torres et al. pp. 189-190 fig. 1 |
| 2009 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Mateus p. 144A |
| 2009 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Pereda Suberbiola et al. p. 13 |
| 2010 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Canudo et al. p. 167 |
| 2010 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Ortega et al. p. 62 |
| 2011 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Cobos et al. p. 18 |
| 2011 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Le Loeuff et al. p. 36 |
| 2011 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Vila et al. p. 135 |
| 2012 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Néraudeau et al. p. 10 |
| 2012 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Royo-Torres and Upchurch p. 555 |
| 2013 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Breithaupt p. 49 |
| 2014 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Cobos et al. p. 31 |
| 2014 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Cobos et al. p. 47 |
| 2014 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Mocho et al. |
| 2014 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Woodruff and Foster p. 216 |
| 2016 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Mocho et al. p. 239 |
| 2016 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Salisbury et al. p. 125 |
| 2016 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Santos p. 57 |
| 2019 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Mocho et al. p. 18 |
| 2021 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Bindellini and Dal Sasso p. 151 |
| 2021 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Ren et al. p. 1878 |
| 2022 | Turiasaurus riodevensis Sharma et al. p. 195 |
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†Turiasaurus riodevensis Royo-Torres et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. Royo-Torres et al. 2006 | Autapomorphies of Turiasaurus include the following: prezygapophyseal and postzygapophyseal articular facets on middle dorsal vertebrae strongly convex and con- cave, respectively; strongly convex subcir- cular hyposphene on middle dorsal vertebrae; distal caudal vertebrae strongly opisthocoelous; accessory process projecting caudodorsally from the dorsal margin of the shafts of proxi- mal cervical ribs; distal humeral condyles strongly expanded cranially and caudally; radius and ulna distal condyles very compressed mediolaterally; carpal with two subcircular distal processes separated by a depression; cnemial crest of tibia reduced and directed cranially; fibula with roughened oval medial trochanter on middle-distal part; and metatarsal V with strongly expanded distal end. | |
| R. Royo-Torres and P. Upchurch 2012 | The following is a list of autapomorphies based on a synthesis of postcranial features presented by Royo-Torres et al. (2006, 2009) and new observations derived from the cranial material: (1) ascending maxillary process has a medially directed shelf close to its distal end; (2) rounded eminence present on the lateral surface of the jugal main body; (3) a pair of small pits or foramina on the supraoccipital, one on either side of the dorsal end of the nuchal crest; (4) accessory process projecting posterodorsally from the dorsal margin of the shafts of anterior cervical ribs; (5) prezygapophyseal and postzygapophyseal articular facets on middle dorsal vertebrae, strongly convex and concave respectively; (6) convex subcircular hyposphene (rather than subtriangular) on middle dorsal vertebrae; (7) distal caudal vertebrae strongly opisthocoelous; (8) distal humeral condyles markedly expanded anteriorly and posteriorly; (9) radius and ulna distal condyles very compressed mediolaterally; (10) carpal with two subcircular distal processes separated by a depression; and (11) fibula with roughened oval medial trochanter on middle-distal part. |
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| Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
| Reference: Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Spain (Teruel) | Eusauropoda indet. (85291) Turiasaurus riodevensis (91396 213535) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Spain (Aragón) | Turiasaurus riodevensis (94221) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Spain (Aragón) | Turiasaurus riodevensis (type locality: 68019) |