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Mussaurus

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Mussaurus was named by Bonaparte and Vince (1979). Its type is Mussaurus patagonicus. It was considered monophyletic by Otero and Pol (2013).

It was assigned to Mussauridae by Bonaparte and Vince (1979); to Anchisauridae by Carroll (1988); to Plateosauridae by Novas (1997), Galton and Upchurch (2004); to Sauropodomorpha by Upchurch et al. (2007); to Anchisauria by Otero and Pol (2012); and to Sauropodiformes by Otero and Pol (2013), McPhee et al. (2015).

Species
M. patagonicus (type species)
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2022-09-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Mussaurus Bonaparte and Vince p. 175
1988Mussaurus Carroll
1997Mussaurus Novas p. 681
2004Mussaurus Galton and Upchurch p. 235 fig. 12.11
2007Mussaurus Upchurch et al. p. 62 fig. 3
2012Mussaurus Otero and Pol p. R34
2013Mussaurus Otero and Pol
2015Mussaurus McPhee et al. p. 19 fig. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Massopoda
—Sauropodiformes
genusMussaurus

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.

G. †Mussaurus Bonaparte and Vince 1979
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†Mussaurus patagonicus Bonaparte and Vince 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) M. patagonicus (52015 179278)