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Epachthosaurus sciuttoi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Epachthosaurus sciuttoi was named by Powell (1990). Its type specimen is MACN-CH 1317, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 6 km north of Estancia "Ocho Hermanos", which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial sandstone in the Bajo Barreal Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Powell
1992Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Powell p. 201
1993Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Bonaparte and Coria
1996Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Salgado p. 360
1997Epachtosaurus sciuttoi Novas p. 681
1997Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Salgado and Calvo p. 45
1997Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Salgado et al. p. 5
2002Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Lamanna et al. p. 60
2002Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Wilson p. 248
2003Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Powell p. 54
2004Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Upchurch et al. p. 268
2005Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Apesteguía p. 249
2005Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Campos et al. p. 577
2005Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Curry Rogers p. 66
2005Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Kellner et al. p. 536
2005Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Salgado and Coria p. 440
2006Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Kellner et al. p. 2
2006Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Martínez and Novas p. 245
2007Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Casal et al. p. 57
2008Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Lopes and Buchmann p. 70
2009Epachthosaurus sciuttoi González Riga et al. p. 141
2009Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Salgado and Coria p. 11
2009Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Zhang et al. p. 220
2010Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Casal and Ibiricu p. 250
2010Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Casal et al. p. 6R
2011Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Ibiricu et al. p. 339
2011Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Navarrete et al. p. 9
2012Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Mannion and Otero p. 633
2012Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Soto et al. p. 74
2013Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Díez Díaz et al. p. 146
2014Epachthosaurus sciuttoi González Riga and Ortiz David p. 14
2015Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Cerda et al. p. 2
2015Epachthosaurus sciuttoi González Riga et al. p. 138
2015Epachthosaurus sciuttoi de Jesus Faria et al. p. 157
2017Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Gorscak et al. p. 13
2018Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Simón et al. p. 2
2021Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Apesteguía et al.
2022Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Navarro et al. p. 335
2023Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Poropat et al. p. 38

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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
genusEpachthosaurus
speciessciuttoi

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.

†Epachthosaurus sciuttoi Powell 1990
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. E. Powell 2003Centra of the dorsal vertebrae relatively large, very broad and depressed. Pleurocoels very large and deep as in the other known titanosaurids. Neural spines of the posterior dorsals anteroposteriorly compressed, with prespinal laminae thickened and well developed, forked at the lower part, forming the spinal-prezygapophyseal lamina. Accessory articulations are present but distinct from the hyposphene-hypantrum structures. The diapophysis without a flat surface at the dorsal end.
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 Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Argentina (Chubut) Epachthosaurus sciuttoi (49099) Laplatasaurus sp. (type locality: 38952)