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Mansourasaurus shahinae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Mansourasaurus shahinae was named by Sallam et al. (2018). Its type specimen is MUVP 200, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is north of road between Mut and Balat, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Quseir Formation of Egypt.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Mansourasaurus shahinae Sallam et al. p. 445
2021Mansourasaurus shahinae Díez Díaz et al. p. 3000
2022Mansourasaurus shahinae Navarro et al. p. 341
2023Mansourasaurus shahinae Poropat et al. p. 28

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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
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Somphospondyli
—Diamantinasauria
genusMansourasaurus
speciesshahinae

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.

†Mansourasaurus shahinae Sallam et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. M. Sallam et al. 2018Mansourasaurus is diagnosed by the following autapomorphies: ten dentary tooth positions; dentary symphyseal region with pronounced ventral projection (‘chin’) that comprises about one-third of the dorsoventral depth of the anterior end of the bone; Meckelian groove faces predominantly ventrally; anterior to middle cervical centrum with foramen in posterior portion of lateral surface; anteroposterior length of parapophysis in anterior to middle cervical vertebra subequal to that of centrum; foramen in capitulotubercular web of anterior cervical rib; distal radius four times broader mediolaterally than anteroposteriorly.
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: Middle Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Egypt (New Valley) Titanosauria indet. (type locality: 191982)