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Cathartesaura anaerobica

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Cathartesaura anaerobica was named by Gallina and Apesteguía (2005). Its type specimen is MPCA 232, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Buitrera (upper), which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian fluvial sandstone in the Huincul Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Cathartesaura.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Cathartesaura anaerobica Gallina and Apesteguía p. 154 figs. 2-4
2009Cathartesaura anaerobica Mannion p. 522
2010Cathartesaura anaerobica Carballido et al. p. 500
2011Cathartesaura anaerobica Mannion et al. p. 778
2012Cathartesaura anaerobica Haluza et al. p. 221
2012Cathartesaura anaerobica Ibiricu et al. p. 226
2015Cathartesaura anaerobica Ibiricu et al. p. 430
2016Cathartesaura anaerobica Motta et al. p. 231
2021Cathartesaura anaerobica Paulina-Carabajal and Calvo p. 1

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Diplodocoidea()
—Diplodocimorpha
—Rebbachisauridae()
—Khebbashia
—Rebbachisaurinae
—Limaysaurinae
genusCathartesaura
speciesanaerobica

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.

†Cathartesaura anaerobica Gallina and Apesteguía 2005
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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: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Argentina (Río Negro) Rebbachisauridae indet. (type locality: 67296)