RestorationSkull of the type specimenThe view of the fossils when discoveredLocation of where the fossils were found
Discoveryedit
Its fossils, including a partial skeleton with a nearly complete skull, have been recovered from the Quiricó Formation of the São Francisco Basin in Minas Gerais, eastern Brazil. This genus was named by Hussam Zaher, Diego Pol, Alberto B. Carvalho, Paulo M. Nascimento, Claudio Riccomini, Peter Larson, Rubén Juárez Valieri, Ricardo Pires Domingues, Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr. and Diógenes de Almeida Campos in 2011, and the type species is Tapuiasaurus macedoi.[1]
Classificationedit
Tapuiasaurus was originally assigned to Nemegtosauridae by its original describers, but two subsequent cladistic analyses have recovered it as only distantly related to Nemegtosaurus, with Wilson et al. (2016) recovering the genus outside the Lithostrotia, and Carballido et al. (2017) recovering it as closely related to the Gondwanan lithostrotians Isisaurus and Rapetosaurus.[2][3]
Referencesedit
^Hussam Zaher; Diego Pol; Alberto B. Carvalho; Paulo M. Nascimento; Claudio Riccomini; Peter Larson; Rubén Juarez-Valieri; Ricardo Pires-Domingues; Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr.; Diógenes de Almeida Campos (2011). "A Complete Skull of an Early Cretaceous Sauropod and the Evolution of Advanced Titanosaurians". PLOS ONE. 6 (2): e16663. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...616663Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016663. PMC3034730. PMID 21326881.
^Wilson, J. A., Pol, D., Carvalho, A. B. and Zaher, H. (2016), The skull of the titanosaur Tapuiasaurus macedoi (Dinosauria: Sauropoda), a basal titanosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1111/zoj.12420
^Carballido, J.L.; Pol, D.; Otero, A.; Cerda, I.A.; Salgado, L.; Garrido, A.C.; Ramezani, J.; Cúneo, N.R.; Krause, J.M. (2017). "A new giant titanosaur sheds light on body mass evolution among sauropod dinosaurs". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284 (1860): 20171219. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.1219.
tapuiasaurus, meaning, tapuia, lizard, genus, titanosaur, which, lived, during, lower, cretaceous, period, aptian, what, minas, gerais, brazil, temporal, range, aptian, preꞒ, reconstructed, skeleton, museum, zoology, university, são, paulo, scientific, classif. Tapuiasaurus meaning Tapuia lizard is a genus of titanosaur which lived during the Lower Cretaceous period Aptian age in what is now Minas Gerais Brazil TapuiasaurusTemporal range Aptian 125 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Reconstructed skeleton Museum of Zoology of the University of Sao Paulo Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Clade Dinosauria Clade Saurischia Clade Sauropodomorpha Clade Sauropoda Clade Macronaria Clade Titanosauria Genus TapuiasaurusZaher et al 2011 Species T macedoi Binomial name Tapuiasaurus macedoiZaher et al 2011 Restoration Skull of the type specimen The view of the fossils when discovered Location of where the fossils were foundDiscovery editIts fossils including a partial skeleton with a nearly complete skull have been recovered from the Quirico Formation of the Sao Francisco Basin in Minas Gerais eastern Brazil This genus was named by Hussam Zaher Diego Pol Alberto B Carvalho Paulo M Nascimento Claudio Riccomini Peter Larson Ruben Juarez Valieri Ricardo Pires Domingues Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr and Diogenes de Almeida Campos in 2011 and the type species is Tapuiasaurus macedoi 1 Classification editTapuiasaurus was originally assigned to Nemegtosauridae by its original describers but two subsequent cladistic analyses have recovered it as only distantly related to Nemegtosaurus with Wilson et al 2016 recovering the genus outside the Lithostrotia and Carballido et al 2017 recovering it as closely related to the Gondwanan lithostrotians Isisaurus and Rapetosaurus 2 3 References edit Hussam Zaher Diego Pol Alberto B Carvalho Paulo M Nascimento Claudio Riccomini Peter Larson Ruben Juarez Valieri Ricardo Pires Domingues Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr Diogenes de Almeida Campos 2011 A Complete Skull of an Early Cretaceous Sauropod and the Evolution of Advanced Titanosaurians PLOS ONE 6 2 e16663 Bibcode 2011PLoSO 616663Z doi 10 1371 journal pone 0016663 PMC 3034730 PMID 21326881 Wilson J A Pol D Carvalho A B and Zaher H 2016 The skull of the titanosaur Tapuiasaurus macedoi Dinosauria Sauropoda a basal titanosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society doi 10 1111 zoj 12420 Carballido J L Pol D Otero A Cerda I A Salgado L Garrido A C Ramezani J Cuneo N R Krause J M 2017 A new giant titanosaur sheds light on body mass evolution among sauropod dinosaurs Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 284 1860 20171219 doi 10 1098 rspb 2017 1219 Portals nbsp Dinosaurs nbsp Paleontology nbsp This Sauropodomorph related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tapuiasaurus amp oldid 1207220852, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
