Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Massopoda 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: †Sauropodomorpha
Cladus: †Bagualosauria
Cladus: †Plateosauria
Cladus: †Massopoda

Genus: †Sarahsaurus
Species: †Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis

Name edit

  • Sarahsaurus aurifontanalis Rowe, Sues & Reisz, 2011

Holotype: TMM 43646-2
Type locality: middle third of the ‘Silty Facies’ of the Kayenta Formation in the northern edge of Gold Spring Wash drainage basin, in northeastern Arizona, USA.

References edit

  • Rowe, T.B.; Sues, H.-D. & Reisz, R.R. 2011: Dispersal and diversity in the earliest North American sauropodomorph dinosaurs, with a description of a new taxon. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1708): 1044–1053. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1867