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Lirainosaurus astibiae

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Lirainosaurus astibiae was named by Sanz et al. (1999). Its type specimen is MCNA 7458 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laño L1A, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone/siltstone in the Vitoria Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Lirainosaurus astibiae Sanz et al. p. 237 figs. Pl. 1-6
2001Lirainosaurus astibiae Laurent et al. p. 670
2002Lirainosaurus astibiae Wilson p. 248
2003Lirainosaurus astibiae Calvo and González Riga
2003Lirainosaurus astibiae Powell p. 75
2003Lirainosaurus astibiae Salgado p. 442
2004Lirainosaurus astibiae Upchurch et al. p. 269
2005Lirainosaurus astibiae Company Rodríguez p. 75
2005Lirainosaurus astibiae Curry Rogers p. 66
2005Lirainosaurus astibiae Kellner et al. p. 540
2005Lirainosaurus astibiae Salgado and Coria p. 446
2005Lirainosaurus astibiae Torcida Fernández-Baldor p. 30
2006Lirainosaurus astibiae Kellner et al. p. 2
2006Lirainosaurus astibiae Royo-Torres et al. figs. Table S2
2006Lirainosaurus astibiae Santucci and Bertini p. 355
2007Lirainosaurus astibiae Apesteguía p. 541
2007Lirainosaurus astibiae Malkani
2008Lirainosaurus astibiae Filippi and Garrido p. 587
2008Lirainosaurus astibiae Suñer et al. p. 405
2008Lirainosaurus astibiae Vila et al. p. 127
2009Lirainosaurus astibiae González Riga et al. p. 141
2010Lirainosaurus astibiae Díez Díaz and Pereda Suberbiola p. 30
2010Lirainosaurus astibiae Garcia et al. p. 269
2010Lirainosaurus astibiai Le Loeuff p. 50
2010Lirainosaurus astibiae Tortosa et al. p. 84
2011Lirainosaurus astibiae Company p. 67
2011Lirainosaurus astibiae Díez Díaz et al. p. 521
2011Lirainosaurus astibiae Filippi et al. p. 7
2011Lirainosaurus astibiae Saegusa and Tomida p. 257
2011Lirainosaurus astibiae Vila et al. p. 144
2012Lirainosaurus astibiae Díez Díaz et al. p. 626
2012Lirainosaurus astibiae Díez Díaz et al. p. 265
2012Lirainosaurus astibiae Soto et al. p. 74
2012Lirainosaurus astibiae Vila et al. p. 25
2013Lirainosaurus astibiae Díez Díaz et al.
2014Lirainosaurus astibiae Díez Díaz et al. p. 285
2014Lirainosaurus astibiae González Riga and Ortiz David p. 10
2014Lirainosaurus astibiae Mocho et al.
2015Lirainosaurus astibiae Company et al. p. 72
2015Lirainosaurus astibiae García et al. p. 44
2015Lirainosaurus astibiae Torices et al. p. 613
2016Lirainosaurus astibiae Díez Díaz et al. p. 49
2016Lirainosaurus astibiae Páramo et al. p. 107
2020Lirainosaurus astibiae Páramo et al. p. 370
2021Lirainosaurus astibiae Díez Díaz et al. p. 2998
2021Lirainosaurus astibiae Rigby et al. p. 17
2022Lirainosaurus astibiae Isasmendi et al. p. 2
2022Lirainosaurus astibiae Navarro et al. p. 327

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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
—Eutitanosauria
—Lirainosaurinae
genusLirainosaurus
speciesastibiae

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.

†Lirainosaurus astibiae Sanz et al. 1999
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
V. Díez Díaz et al. 2013presence of a lamina in the interzygapophyseal fossa in the proximal caudal vertebrae (podl that separates pocdf and posdf), and spinopostzygapophyseal structure not posteriorly projected in the posterior caudal vertebrae.
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 Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain (Castilla y Leon) Lirainosaurus astibiae (28765 37199) Titanosaurinae indet. (type locality: 28406)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Lirainosaurus astibiae (132354)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Spain (Valencia) Lirainosaurus astibiae (96461) Lirainosaurus sp. (96459 96460) Titanosauridae indet. (53918)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Lirainosaurus astibiae (48850)