| Description | Aeolosaurus ("Aeolus' lizard") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now South America. Like most sauropods, it would have been a quadrupedal herbivore with a long neck and tail. Aeolosaurus is well known for a titanosaur, as it is represented by the remains of several individuals belonging to at least three species. However, like most titanosaurs, no remains of the skull are known.The holotype of Aeolosaurus rionegrinus consists of a series of seven tail vertebrae, as well as parts of both forelimbs and the right hindlimb. It was discovered in the Angostura Colorada Formation in Argentina, which dates from the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, about 83 to 74 million years ago.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Titanosauridae : Aeolosaurus : Aeolosaurus rionegrinus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Aeolosaurus : Aeolosaurus rionegrinus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Aeolosaurus |
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| Scientific Name | Aeolosaurus rionegrinus Powell, 1987 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Aeolosaurus rionegrinus | species | belongs to Aeolosaurus | stated without evidence | Powell, 1987 | | Aeolosaurus rionegrinus | species | belongs to Aeolosaurus | stated with evidence | Bonaparte, 1996 | | Aeolosaurus rionegrinus | species | belongs to Aeolosaurus | stated without evidence | Jacobs et al., 1996 | | Aeolosaurus rionegrinus | species | belongs to Aeolosaurus | stated with evidence | Wilson, 2002 | | Aeolosaurus rionegrinus | species | belongs to Aeolosaurus | stated without evidence | Calvo and González Riga, 2003 | | Aeolosaurus rionegrinus | species | belongs to Aeolosaurus | stated with evidence | Upchurch et al., 2004 | | Aeolosaurus rionegrinus | species | belongs to Aeolosaurus | stated without evidence | Franco-Rosas et al., 2004 | | Aeolosaurus rionegrinus | species | belongs to Aeolosaurus | stated with evidence | Candeiro, 2010 | | Aeolosaurus rionegrinus | species | belongs to Aeolosaurus | stated without evidence | Calvo and Porfiri, 2010 | | Aeolosaurus rionegrinus | species | belongs to Aeolosaurus | stated with evidence | Santucci and Arruda-Campos, 2011 | | Aeolosaurus rionegrinus | species | belongs to Aeolosaurus | stated without evidence | González Riga, 2011 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 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) | J. E. Powell. 1987. The Late Cretaceous fauna of Los Alamitos, Patagonia, Argentina part VI—the titanosaurids. Revista del Museo Argentina de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales: Paleontología 3(3):147-153 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolosaurus_rionegrinus |
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| Powell J. E. (1987) The Late Cretaceous fauna of Los Alamitos, Patagonia, Argentina part VI—the titanosaurids, Revista del Museo Argentina de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales: Paleontología 3 3, 147-153 |
| 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 |
| Salgado L., Coria R. A. (1993) El genero Aeolosaurus (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) en la Formacion Allen (Campaniano-Maastrichtiano) de la Provincia de Rio Negro, Argentina [The genus Aeolosaurus (Sauropoda, Titanosauridae) in the Allen Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) of Rio Negro Province, Argentina], Ameghiniana 30 2, 119-128 |
| Bonaparte J. F. (1996) Cretaceous tetrapods of Argentina, Münchner Geowissenschaften Abhandlungen 30, 73-130 |
| Jacobs L. L., Winkler D. A., et al (1996) Cretaceous dinosaurs of Africa: examples from Cameroon and Malawi, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39 3, 595-610 |
| 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 |
| Novas F. E. (1997) South American dinosaurs, Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, 678-689 |
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Aeolosaurus rionegrinus ✝
