| Description | Laplatasaurus (meaning "La Plata lizard", named for La Plata, Argentina) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in South America.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Titanosauridae : Laplatasaurus : Laplatasaurus araukanicus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Titanosauridae : Laplatasaurus : Laplatasaurus araukanicus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Laplatasaurus |
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| Scientific Name | Laplatasaurus araukanicus (Huene, 1929) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Laplatasaurus | stated without evidence | Huene, 1927 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Laplatasaurus | stated with evidence | Huene, 1929 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Laplatasaurus | stated without evidence | Huene, 1931 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Laplatasaurus | stated with evidence | Tatarinov, 1964 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Laplatasaurus | stated without evidence | Steel, 1970 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Laplatasaurus | stated with evidence | Bonaparte, 1978 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Laplatasaurus | stated without evidence | Bonaparte, 1979 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Titanosaurus | stated with evidence | Powell, 1986 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Laplatasaurus | stated with evidence | McIntosh, 1990 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Titanosaurus | stated without evidence | Powell, 1992 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Titanosaurus | stated with evidence | Salgado, 1993 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Titanosaurus | stated without evidence | Salgado, 1996 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Laplatasaurus | stated with evidence | Wilson and Upchurch, 2003 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Titanosaurus | stated without evidence | Powell, 2003 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Laplatasaurus | stated with evidence | Upchurch et al., 2004 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Laplatasaurus | stated without evidence | Salgado and Coria, 2005 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Titanosaurus | stated without evidence | Kellner et al., 2005 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Laplatasaurus | stated without evidence | Apesteguía, 2007 | | Laplatasaurus araukanicus | species | belongs to Laplatasaurus | stated with evidence | Otero and Reguero, 2013 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Diet | herbivore (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. v. Huene. 1927. Contribución a la paleogeografía de Sud América [Contribution to the paleogeography of South America]. Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina 30:231-294 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplatasaurus_araukanicus |
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| Huene F. v. (1927) Contribución a la paleogeografía de Sud América [Contribution to the paleogeography of South America], Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina 30, 231-294 |
| Huene F. v. (1929) Los sauriquios y ornitisquios del Cretáceo argentino, Anales del Museo de La Plata, serie 2 3, 1-196 |
| Huene F. v. (1931) Verschiedene mesozoische Wirbeltierreste aus Südamerika [Different Mesozoic vertebrate remains from South America], Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abteilung A 66, 181-198 |
| Stromer E. (1932) Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. II. Wirbeltierreste der Baharîje-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 11. Sauropoda [Results of the expeditions of Professor E. Stromer in the Egyptian deserts. II. Vertebrate animal remains from the Baharîje bed (lowest Cenomanian). 11. Sauropoda], Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung, Neue Folge 10, 1-21 |
| Swinton W. E. (1947) New discoveries of Titanosaurus indicus Lyd., Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 11 14, 112-123 |
| Tatarinov L. P. (1964) Nadotryad Dinosauria. Dinozavry [Superorder Dinosauria. Dinosaurs], Osnovy Paleontologii [Fundamentals of Paleontology] 12, 523-589 |
| Steel R. (1970) Part 14. Saurischia, Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1-87 |
| Mones A. (1972) Lista de los vertebrados fosiles del Uruguay, I. Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes, Reptilia, Aves [List of the fossil vertebrates of Uruguay, I. Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes, Reptilia, Aves], Comunicaciones Paleontologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 1 3, 23-35 |
| Russell D., Russell D. E., et al (1976) Nouvelles récoltes de vertébrés dans le terraines continentaux du Crétacé supérieur de la région de Majunga (Madagascar) [New collections of vertebrates in the Upper Cretaceous continental terrains of the Majunga region (Madagascar)], Comptes Rendus de la Société Géologique de France 1976 5, 205-208 |
| Bonaparte J. F. (1978) El Mesozoico de America de Sur y sus Tetrapodos [The Mesozoic of South America and its tetrapods], Opera Lilloana 26, 1-596 |
| Bonaparte J. F., Powell J. E. (1980) A continental assemblage of tetrapods from the Upper Cretaceous beds of El Brete, northwestern Argentina (Sauropoda-Coelurosauria-Carnosauria-Aves), Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Nouvelle Série 139, 19-28 |
| Bonaparte J. F. (1984) I dinosauri dell’Argentina [, Sulle Orme dei Dinosauri, 125-143 |
| Sanz J. L. (1986) Nouveaux gisements de dinosaures dans le Crétacé espagnol [New dinosaur localities in the Spanish Cretaceous], Les Dinosaures de La Chine à La France, Colloque International de Paléontologie, Toulouse, France, 2-6 Septembre 1985; Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, Toulouse, 81-88 |
| McIntosh J. S. (1990) Sauropoda, The Dinosauria. University of California Press, Berkeley, 345-401 |
| Powell J. E. (1992) Osteologia de Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) del Cretácico Superior del noroeste Argentino [Osteology of Saltasaurus loricatus (Sauropoda - Titanosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of northwest Argentina], In J. L. Sanz & A. D. Buscalioni (eds.), Los Dinosaurios y Su Entorno Biotico: Actas del Segundo Curso de Paleontologia in Cuenca. Institutio "Juan de Valdes", Cuenca, Argentina, 165-230 |
| Bonaparte J. F. (1996) Cretaceous tetrapods of Argentina, Münchner Geowissenschaften Abhandlungen 30, 73-130 |
| Salgado L. (1996) Pellegrinisaurus powelli nov. gen. et sp. (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lago Pellegrini, northwestern Patagonia, Argentina, Ameghiniana 33 4, 355-365 |
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| Salgado L., Azpilicueta C. (2000) Un nuevo saltasaurino (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) de la provincia de Río Negro (Formación Allen, Cretácico Superior), Patagonia, Argentina [A new saltasaurine (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) from Río Negro province (Allen Formation, Upper Cretaceous), Patagonia, Argentina, Ameghiniana 37 3, 259-264 |
| Powell J. E. (2003) Revision of South American titanosaurid dinosaurs: palaeobiological, palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic aspects, Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 111, 1-173 |
| Wilson J. A., Upchurch P. (2003) A revision of Titanosaurus Lydekker (Dinosauria – Sauropoda), the first dinosaur genus with a 'Gondwanan' distribution, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1 3, 125-160 |
| Upchurch P., Barrett P. M., et al (2004) Sauropoda, The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley, 259-322 |
| Kellner A. W. A., Campos D. d. A., et al (2005) Description of a titanosaurid caudal series from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil, Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 63 3, 529-564 |
| Kellner A. W. A., Campos D. d. A., et al (2006) On a new titanosaur sauropod from the Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous of Brazil, Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Série, Geologia 74, 1-31 |
| Apesteguía S. (2007) The sauropod diversity of the La Amarga Formation (Barremian), Neuquén (Argentina), Gondwana Research 12, 533-546 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2007.04.007 |
| Molnar R. E., Wiffen J. (2007) A presumed titanosaurian vertebra from the Late Cretaceous of North Island, New Zealand, Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 65 4, 505-510 |
| Filippi L. S., Garrido A. C. (2008) Pitekunsaurus macayai gen. et sp. nov., nuevo titanosaurio (Saurischia, Sauropoda) del Cretácico Superior de la Cuenca Neuquina, Argentina [Pitekunsaurus macayai gen. et sp. nov., new titanosaur (Saurischia, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina], Ameghiniana 45 3, 575-590 |
| Salgado L., Coria R. A. (2009) Barrosasaurus casamiquelai gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous: early Campanian) of Sierra Barrosa (Neuquén, Argentina), Zootaxa 2222, 1-16 |
| Candeiro C. R. A., Harris J. D. (2012) The tetrapod fauna of the Marília Formation (Bauru Group) at Peirópolis (Minas Gerais, Brazil): correlation with other Late Cretaceous Patagonian faunas, Revue de Paléobiology 31 1, 71-84 |
| Mannion P. D., Otero A. (2012) A reappraisal of the Late Cretaceous Argentinean sauropod dinosaur Argyrosaurus superbus, with a description of a new titanosaur genus, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 3, 614-638 |
| Otero A., Reguero M. (2013) Dinosaurs (Reptilia, Archosauria) at Museo de La Plata, Argentina: annotated catalogue of the type material and Antarctic specimens, Palaeontologia Electronica 16 1, 3T:1-24 |
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| F. v. Huene (1929) Los sauriquios y ornitisquios del Cretáceo argentino: Anales del Museo de La Plata, serie 2: 1--196 - via Catalogue of Life |
Laplatasaurus araukanicus ✝
