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Argyrosaurus superbus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Argyrosaurus superbus was named by Lydekker (1893). Its type specimen is MLP 77-V-29-1, a set of limb elements (left forelimb), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Angostura, Río Chico (MLP), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Lago Colhué Huapi Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Argyrosaurus superbus Lydekker p. 9–12 figs. Pl. 3:1, 3
1896Argyrosaurus superbus Ameghino p. 89
1897Argyrosaurus superbus Ameghino p. 409
1901Argyrosaurus superbus Nopcsa p. 203
1927Argyrosaurus superbus Huene p. 256
1929Argyrosaurus superbus Huene p. 77
1931Argyrosaurus superbus Huene p. 188
1932Argyrosaurus superbus Stromer p. 9
1933Argyrosaurus superbus Rusconi p. 9
1940Argyrosaurus superbus Lambert p. 22
1941Argyrosaurus superbus Lambert p. 55
1942Argyrosaurus superbus Lambert p. 575
1945Argyrosaurus superbus Serra p. 21
1947Argyrosaurus superbus Swinton p. 117
1970Argyrosaurus superbus Steel p. 76
1972Argyrosaurus superbus Mones p. 30
1978Argyrosaurus superbus Bonaparte p. 557
1979Argyrosaurus superbus Bonaparte p. 231
1979Argyrosaurus superbus Bonaparte and Gasparini p. 398
1980Argyrosaurus superbus Bonaparte and Powell p. 26
1984Argyrosaurus superbus Bonaparte p. 141
1990Argyrosaurus superbus McIntosh p. 396
1996Argyrosaurus superbus Bonaparte pp. 108-109 figs. 42-43
1996Argyrosaurus superbus Jacobs et al. p. 600
1997Argyrosaurus superbus Mones p. 211
1997Argyrosaurus superbus Novas p. 684
1997Argyrosaurus superbus Salgado and Calvo p. 45
2002Argyrosaurus superbus Lamanna et al. p. 60
2002Argyrosaurus superbus Wilson p. 248
2003Argyrosaurus superbus Powell p. 50
2004Argyrosaurus superbus Upchurch et al. p. 267
2005Argyrosaurus superbus Apesteguía p. 325
2005Argyrosaurus superbus Curry Rogers p. 66
2005Argyrosaurus superbus Salgado and Coria p. 440
2006Argyrosaurus superbus Kellner et al. p. 2
2009Argyrosaurus superbus Salgado and Coria p. 5
2010Argyrosaurus superbus Casal and Ibiricu p. 251
2011Argyrosaurus superbus Ibiricu et al. p. 347
2011Argyrosaurus superbus Navarrete et al. p. 12
2012Argyrosaurus superbus Mannion and Otero pp. 615-616
2013Argyrosaurus superbus Otero and Reguero pp. 9-10
2015Argyrosaurus superbus Casal et al. p. 86
2015Argyrosaurus superbus de Jesus Faria et al. p. 157
2016Argyrosaurus superbus Martínez et al. p. 59
2016Argyrosaurus superbus Ullmann and Lacovara p. 1
2017Argyrosaurus superbus Gorscak et al. p. 15
2019Argyrosaurus superbus Ibiricu et al. p. 276
2021Argyrosaurus superbus Apesteguía et al.
2022Argyrosaurus superbus Navarro et al. p. 341

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
genusArgyrosaurus
speciessuperbus

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.

†Argyrosaurus superbus Lydekker 1893
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. E. Powell 2003A huge-sized titanosaurid. Stout humerous with broad proximal end that has a straight upper edge (margin) perpendicular to the long axis of the bone. Pectoral muscle insertion area far more prominent and projected forward and medially. Ulna with extremely robust proximal end showing prominent edges delimiting markedly concave facets. Stout metacarpals approximately one-third the length of the humerus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesg
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: 2005-08-25 06:13:18
Modified: 2005-08-25 08:13:18
Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder
References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Dinosauria indet. (type locality: 51618)