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Bustingorrytitan shiva

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Bustingorrytitan shiva was named by Simón and Salgado (2023) [Type material: Holotype, MMCH-Pv 59/1–40: partial skeleton composed of right dentary (MMCH-Pv 59/1), tooth fragment (MMCH-Pv 59/2), sixth? or seventh? dorsal vertebra (MMCH-Pv 59/3), two anterior caudal vertebrae (MMCH-Pv 59/4 y MMCH-Pv 59/5), mid caudal vertebra (MMCH-Pv 59/6), mid-posterior caudal vertebra (MMCH-Pv 59/7); two haemal arches (MMCH-Pv 59/8 and MMCH-Pv 59/9), right and left scapulae (MMCH-Pv 59/10 and MMCH-Pv 59/11), right and left coracoids (MMCH-Pv 59/12 and MMCH-Pv 59/13), right and left sternal plates (MMCH-Pv 59/14 and MMCH-Pv 59/15), left ilium (MMCH-Pv 59/16) and right and left pubic peduncles of the ilium (MMCH-Pv 59/17 and MMCH-Pv 59/18), right pubis (MMCH-Pv 59/19), right and left humeri (MMCH-Pv 59/20 and MMCH-Pv 59/21), right radius (MMCH-Pv 59/22), right and left ulnae (MMCH-Pv 59/23 and MMCH-Pv 59/24), five right metacarpals I, II, III, IV and V (MMCH-Pv 59/25, MMCH-Pv 59/26, MMCH-Pv 59/27, MMCH-Pv 59/28 and MMCH-Pv 59/29), right femur (MMCH-Pv 59/30), right tibia (MMCH-Pv 59/31), right and left fibulae (MMCH-Pv 59/32 and MMCH-Pv 59/33), left astragalus (MMCH-Pv 59/34), three metatarsals I, IV?, V (MMCH-Pv 59/35, MMCH-Pv 59/36, MMCH-Pv 59/37) and three right ungual phalanges I, II, and III (MMCH-Pv 59/38, MMCH-Pv 59/39 and MMCH-Pv 59/40)]. Its type specimen is MMCH-Pv 59/1–40, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is “Bustingorry II” Site, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial sandstone in the Huincul Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Bustingorrytitan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Bustingorrytitan shiva Simón and Salgado

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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
—Titanosauria
—Lithostrotia
genusBustingorrytitan
speciesshiva

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.

†Bustingorrytitan shiva Simón and Salgado 2023
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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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Argentina (Neuquén) Bustingorrytitan shiva (type locality: 232695)