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Velocisaurus

Osteichthyes - Noasauridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Velocisaurus Bonaparte p. 70 figs. 20-21
1996Velocisaurus Bonaparte p. 93
1997Velocisaurus Novas p. 683
2003Velocisaurus Agnolín et al.
2004Velocisaurus Carrano et al. p. 44A
2004Velocisaurus Novas et al. p. 98
2004Velocisaurus Tykoski and Rowe p. 49
2005Velocisaurus Candeiro and Martinelli p. 9
2008Velocisaurus Carrano and Sampson pp. 199-200 fig. 4
2010Velocisaurus Agnolin and Chiarelli p. 296
2011Velocisaurus Carrano et al. p. 3
2012Velocisaurus Candeiro and Harris p. 74
2013Velocisaurus Novas et al. p. 176
2014Velocisaurus Allain et al. p. 132
2014Velocisaurus Tortosa et al. p. 70
2016Velocisaurus Brissón Egli et al. p. 10 fig. 11
2016Velocisaurus Rauhut and Carrano p. 50
2018Velocisaurus Delcourt p. 3

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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
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
suborderCeratosauria()
familyNoasauridae
subfamilyNoasaurinae
genusVelocisaurus

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. †Velocisaurus Bonaparte 1991
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†Velocisaurus unicus Bonaparte 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Argentina (Río Negro) V. unicus (84309)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Argentina (Neuquén) V. unicus (47796)