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Demandasaurus darwini

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Demandasaurus darwini was named by Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. (2011). Its type specimen is MDS−RVII, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tenadas de los Vallejos II (PS-RV II), which is in a Barremian/Aptian alluvial fan claystone/sandstone in the Castrillo de la Reina Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Demandasaurus darwini Mannion et al. p. 776
2011Demandasaurus darwini Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. p. 537
2012Demandasaurus darwini Ibiricu et al. p. 226
2012Demandasaurus darwini Salgado et al. p. 611
2016Demandasaurus darwini Dieudonné et al. p. 2
2016Demandasaurus darwini Mocho et al. p. 98
2016Demandasaurus darwini Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. p. 137
2020Demandasaurus darwini Pereira 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
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Diplodocoidea()
—Diplodocimorpha
—Rebbachisauridae()
—Khebbashia
—Nigersaurinae
genusDemandasaurus
speciesdarwini

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.

†Demandasaurus darwini Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. 2011
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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 Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Spain (Castilla y Leon) Rebbachisauridae indet. (type locality: 51034)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Spain (Burgos) Demandasaurus darwini (232463)