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Patagosaurus (meaning "Patagonia lizard") is an extinct genus of eusauropod dinosaur from the Middle-Late Toarcian of Patagonia, Argentina.[1]

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  1. 118 relations: Amphibian, Amygdalodon, Apatosaurus, Apomorphy and synapomorphy, Aquatic animal, Argentina, Argentoconodon, Asfaltomylos, Atlasaurus, Barapasaurus, Basal (phylogenetics), Bellusaurus, Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Argentine Museum, Body plan, Brachiosauridae, Brachiosaurus, Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Callovian, Camarasaurus, Cedarosaurus, Cerro Cóndor, Cetiosauridae, Cetiosaurus, Cnemial crest, Condorchelys, Condorraptor, Condyle, Conifer, Coracoid, Crown (dental restoration), Deltoid muscle, Dinosaur, Diplodocoidea, Diplodocus, Equisetum, Euhelopus, Eusauropoda, Femoral head, Femur, Fern, Foot, Forelimb, Fourth trochanter, Genus, Gondwana, Gracility, Greater trochanter, Hand, Haplocanthosaurus, Height, ... Expand index (68 more) »

  2. Cañadón Asfalto Formation
  3. Dinosaur genera
  4. Sauropods

Amphibian

Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.

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Amygdalodon

Amygdalodon ("almond tooth" for its almond shaped teeth) was a genus of basal sauropod from the Middle Jurassic of Argentina. Patagosaurus and Amygdalodon are dinosaur genera, fossils of Argentina, Jurassic Argentina and sauropods.

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Apatosaurus

Apatosaurus (meaning "deceptive lizard") is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period.

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Apomorphy and synapomorphy

In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy).

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Aquatic animal

An aquatic animal is any animal, whether vertebrate or invertebrate, that lives in water for all or most of its lifetime.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Argentoconodon

Argentoconodon (meaning "Argentina cone tooth") is an extinct genus of theriimorph mammal from the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin in Patagonia. Patagosaurus and Argentoconodon are Cañadón Asfalto Formation, fossils of Argentina and Jurassic Argentina.

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Asfaltomylos

Asfaltomylos is an extinct genus of the primitive mammal subclass Australosphenida from the Jurassic of Argentina. Patagosaurus and Asfaltomylos are Cañadón Asfalto Formation, fossils of Argentina and Jurassic Argentina.

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Atlasaurus

Atlasaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs from Middle Jurassic (Bathonian to Callovian stages) beds in North Africa. Patagosaurus and Atlasaurus are sauropods.

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Barapasaurus

Barapasaurus is a genus of basal sauropod dinosaur from Jurassic rocks of India.

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Basal (phylogenetics)

In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.

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Bellusaurus

Bellusaurus (meaning "Beautiful lizard", from Vulgar Latin bellus 'beautiful' (masculine form) and Ancient Greek sauros 'lizard') was a small short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) which measured about long. Patagosaurus and Bellusaurus are sauropods.

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Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Argentine Museum

The Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Argentine Museum (Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia) is a public museum located in the Caballito neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Body plan

A body plan, Bauplan, or ground plan is a set of morphological features common to many members of a phylum of animals.

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Brachiosauridae

The Brachiosauridae ("arm lizards", from Greek brachion (βραχίων).

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Brachiosaurus

Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic, about 154to 150million years ago.

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Cañadón Asfalto Formation

The Cañadón Asfalto Formation is a geological formation from the Lower Jurassic, with doubtful layers of Late Jurassic age previously referred to it. Patagosaurus and Cañadón Asfalto Formation are Jurassic Argentina.

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Callovian

In the geologic timescale, the Callovian is an age and stage in the Middle Jurassic, lasting between 165.3 ± 1.1 Ma (million years ago) and 161.5 ± 1.0 Ma.

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Camarasaurus

Camarasaurus was a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs and is the most common North American sauropod fossil.

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Cedarosaurus

Cedarosaurus (meaning "Cedar lizard" - named after the Cedar Mountain Formation, in which it was discovered) was a nasal-crested macronarian dinosaur genus from the Early Cretaceous Period (Valanginian).

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Cerro Cóndor

Cerro Cóndor is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.

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Cetiosauridae

Cetiosauridae is a family of sauropod dinosaurs which was first proposed by Richard Lydekker in 1888. Patagosaurus and Cetiosauridae are sauropods.

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Cetiosaurus

Cetiosaurus meaning 'whale lizard', from the Greek keteios/κήτειος meaning 'sea monster' (later, 'whale') and sauros/σαυρος meaning 'lizard', is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period, living about 168 million years ago in what is now Britain. Patagosaurus and Cetiosaurus are sauropods.

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Cnemial crest

The cnemial crest is a crestlike prominence located at the front side of the head of the tibiotarsus or tibia in the legs of many mammals and reptiles (including birds and other dinosaurs).

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Condorchelys

Condorchelys was a genus of stem turtle from Early Jurassic (Middle Toarcian) Cañadon Asfalto Formation of Argentina. Patagosaurus and Condorchelys are Cañadón Asfalto Formation, fossils of Argentina and Jurassic Argentina.

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Condorraptor

Condorraptor is an extinct genus of megalosauroid theropod dinosaur. Patagosaurus and Condorraptor are Cañadón Asfalto Formation, dinosaur genera, fossils of Argentina and Jurassic Argentina.

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Condyle

A condyle (condylus, from kondylos; κόνδυλος knuckle) is the round prominence at the end of a bone, most often part of a joint – an articulation with another bone.

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Conifer

Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms.

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Coracoid

A coracoid (from Greek κόραξ, koraks, raven) is a paired bone which is part of the shoulder assembly in all vertebrates except therian mammals (marsupials and placentals).

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Crown (dental restoration)

In dentistry, a crown or a dental cap is a type of dental restoration that completely caps or encircles a tooth or dental implant.

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Deltoid muscle

The deltoid muscle is the muscle forming the rounded contour of the human shoulder.

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Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.

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Diplodocoidea

Diplodocoidea is a superfamily of sauropod dinosaurs, which included some of the longest animals of all time, including slender giants like Supersaurus, Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, and Amphicoelias.

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Diplodocus

Diplodocus was a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs, whose fossils were first discovered in 1877 by S. W. Williston.

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Equisetum

Equisetum (horsetail, marestail, snake grass, puzzlegrass) is the only living genus in Equisetaceae, a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds.

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Euhelopus

Euhelopus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived between 145 and 133 million years ago during the Berriasian and Valanginian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Shandong Province in China.

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Eusauropoda

Eusauropoda (meaning "True Lizard Foot") is a derived clade of sauropod dinosaurs. Patagosaurus and Eusauropoda are sauropods.

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Femoral head

The femoral head (femur head or head of the femur) is the highest part of the thigh bone (femur).

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Femur

The femur (femurs or femora), or thigh bone is the only bone in the thigh.

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Fern

The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers.

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The foot (feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates.

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Forelimb

A forelimb or front limb is one of the paired articulated appendages (limbs) attached on the cranial (anterior) end of a terrestrial tetrapod vertebrate's torso.

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Fourth trochanter

The fourth trochanter is a shared characteristic common to archosaurs.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Gondwana

Gondwana was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent.

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Gracility

Gracility is slenderness, the condition of being gracile, which means slender.

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Greater trochanter

The greater trochanter of the femur is a large, irregular, quadrilateral eminence and a part of the skeletal system.

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Hand

A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs.

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Haplocanthosaurus

Haplocanthosaurus (meaning "simple spined lizard") is a genus of intermediate sauropod dinosaur.

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Height

Height is measure of vertical distance, either vertical extent (how "tall" something or someone is) or vertical position (how "high" a point is).

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Henosferus

Henosferus is an extinct genus of australosphenidan mammal from Lower Jurassic of Argentina. Patagosaurus and Henosferus are Cañadón Asfalto Formation, fossils of Argentina and Jurassic Argentina.

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Hindlimb

A hindlimb or back limb is one of the paired articulated appendages (limbs) attached on the caudal (posterior) end of a terrestrial tetrapod vertebrate's torso.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Humerus

The humerus (humeri) is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.

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Ilium (bone)

The ilium (ilia) is the uppermost and largest region of the coxal bone, and appears in most vertebrates including mammals and birds, but not bony fish.

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Isanosaurus

Isanosaurus ("North-eastern thailand lizard") is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur from Thailand. Patagosaurus and Isanosaurus are sauropods.

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Ischium

The ischium (ischia) forms the lower and back region of the hip bone (os coxae).

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Jeffrey A. Wilson

Jeffrey A. Wilson, also known as JAW, is a paleontologist and professor of geological sciences and assistant curator at the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan.

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Jobaria

Jobaria is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Niger during the middle Jurassic Period, between 164 and 161 million years ago.

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José Bonaparte

José Fernando Bonaparte (14 June 1928–18 February 2020) was an Argentine paleontologist who discovered a plethora of South American dinosaurs and mentored a new generation of Argentine paleontologists.

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Lapparentosaurus

Lapparentosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic. Patagosaurus and Lapparentosaurus are taxa named by José Bonaparte.

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Length

Length is a measure of distance.

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Lessemsaurus

Lessemsaurus is an extinct genus of sauropodiform dinosaur belonging to Lessemsauridae. Patagosaurus and Lessemsaurus are fossils of Argentina and taxa named by José Bonaparte.

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Losillasaurus

Losillasaurus (meaning "Losilla lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic and possibly Early Cretaceous (Kimmeridgian-?Berriasian) in the southeast of Spain.

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Macronaria

Macronaria is a clade of sauropod dinosaurs.

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Mamenchisauridae

Mamenchisauridae is a family of sauropod dinosaurs belonging to Eusauropoda known from the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Asia and Africa.

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Mamenchisaurus

Mamenchisaurus (or spelling pronunciation) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known for their remarkably long necks which made up nearly half the total body length.

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Mandible

In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lowerand typically more mobilecomponent of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla).

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Massopoda

Massopoda is a clade of sauropodomorph dinosaurs which lived during the Late Triassic to Late Cretaceous epochs.

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Million years ago

Million years ago, abbreviated as Mya, Myr (megayear) or Ma (megaannum), is a unit of time equal to (i.e. years), or approximately 31.6 teraseconds.

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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Mussaurus

Mussaurus (meaning "mouse lizard") is a genus of herbivorous sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived in southern Argentina during the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic. Patagosaurus and Mussaurus are fossil taxa described in 1979, fossils of Argentina, Jurassic Argentina and taxa named by José Bonaparte.

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Neck

The neck is the part of the body on many vertebrates that connects the head with the torso.

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Neosauropoda

Neosauropoda is a clade within Dinosauria, coined in 1986 by Argentine paleontologist José Bonaparte and currently described as Saltasaurus loricatus, Diplodocus longus, and all animals directly descended from their most recent common ancestor. Patagosaurus and Neosauropoda are sauropods.

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Notobatrachus

Notobatrachus is an extinct genus of frog from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) Cañadon Asfalto Formation, Cañadón Asfalto Basin and Middle Jurassic La Matilde Formation, Deseado Massif of Patagonia, Argentina. Patagosaurus and Notobatrachus are Cañadón Asfalto Formation, fossils of Argentina and Jurassic Argentina.

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Omeisaurus

Omeisaurus (meaning "Omei lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period (Bathonian-Callovian stage) of what is now China.

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Oval

An oval is a closed curve in a plane which resembles the outline of an egg.

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Oxfordian (stage)

The Oxfordian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the earliest age of the Late Jurassic Epoch, or the lowest stage of the Upper Jurassic Series.

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Patagonia

Patagonia is a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.

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Pelvis

The pelvis (pelves or pelvises) is the lower part of the trunk, between the abdomen and the thighs (sometimes also called pelvic region), together with its embedded skeleton (sometimes also called bony pelvis or pelvic skeleton).

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Piatnitzkysaurus

Piatnitzkysaurus (meaning "Piatnitzky's lizard") is a genus of tetanuran theropod dinosaur that lived approximately 179 to 177 million years ago during the lower part of the Jurassic Period in what is now Argentina. Patagosaurus and Piatnitzkysaurus are Cañadón Asfalto Formation, dinosaur genera, fossil taxa described in 1979, fossils of Argentina and taxa named by José Bonaparte.

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Plateosaurus

Plateosaurus (probably meaning "broad lizard", often mistranslated as "flat lizard") is a genus of plateosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, around 214 to 204 million years ago, in what is now Central and Northern Europe.

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Pubis (bone)

In vertebrates, the pubis or pubic bone (os pubis) forms the lower and anterior part of each side of the hip bone.

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Quadrupedalism

Quadrupedalism is a form of locomotion where animals have four legs are used to bear weight and move around.

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Radioulnar ligament

Radioulnar ligament can refer to.

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Radius (bone)

The radius or radial bone (radii or radiuses) is one of the two large bones of the forearm, the other being the ulna.

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Sacrum

The sacrum (sacra or sacrums), in human anatomy, is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine that forms by the fusing of the sacral vertebrae (S1S5) between ages 18 and 30.

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Sauropoda

Sauropoda, whose members are known as sauropods (from sauro- + -pod, 'lizard-footed'), is a clade of saurischian ('lizard-hipped') dinosaurs. Patagosaurus and sauropoda are sauropods.

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Sauropodomorpha

Sauropodomorpha (from Greek, meaning "lizard-footed forms") is an extinct clade of long-necked, herbivorous, saurischian dinosaurs that includes the sauropods and their ancestral relatives.

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Scapula

The scapula (scapulae or scapulas), also known as the shoulder blade, is the bone that connects the humerus (upper arm bone) with the clavicle (collar bone).

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Shoulder

The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons.

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Shoulder girdle

The shoulder girdle or pectoral girdle is the set of bones in the appendicular skeleton which connects to the arm on each side.

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Shunosaurus

Shunosaurus, meaning "Lizard from Sichuan", is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) beds in Sichuan Province in China, from 161 to 157 Million years ago. Patagosaurus and Shunosaurus are sauropods.

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Somphospondyli

Somphospondyli is an extinct clade of titanosauriform sauropods that lived from the Late Jurassic until the end of the Late Cretaceous, comprising all titanosauriforms more closely related to Titanosauria proper than Brachiosauridae.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Spinal cord

The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue that extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column (backbone) of vertebrate animals.

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Spinophorosaurus

Spinophorosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Niger during the Middle Jurassic period. Patagosaurus and Spinophorosaurus are sauropods.

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Tail

The tail is the section at the rear end of certain kinds of animals' bodies; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso.

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Talus bone

The talus (Latin for ankle or ankle bone;: tali), talus bone, astragalus, or ankle bone is one of the group of foot bones known as the tarsus.

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Tazoudasaurus

Tazoudasaurus is a genus of gravisaurian, probably a vulcanodontid sauropod dinosaurs hailing from the late Early Jurassic (Toarcian), that was recovered in the "Toundoute Continental Series" (Azilal Formation) located in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco in North Africa.

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Terrestrial animal

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g. cats, chickens, ants, spiders), as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water (e.g. fish, lobsters, octopuses), and semiaquatic animals, which rely on both aquatic and terrestrial habitats (e.g.

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Theropoda

Theropoda (from ancient Greek whose members are known as theropods, is a dinosaur clade that is characterized by hollow bones and three toes and claws on each limb. Theropods are generally classed as a group of saurischian dinosaurs. They were ancestrally carnivorous, although a number of theropod groups evolved to become herbivores and omnivores.

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Thoracic vertebrae

In vertebrates, thoracic vertebrae compose the middle segment of the vertebral column, between the cervical vertebrae and the lumbar vertebrae.

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Tibia

The tibia (tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects the knee with the ankle.

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Toarcian

The Toarcian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic.

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Transverse plane

The transverse plane (also known as the horizontal plane, axial plane and transaxial plane) is an anatomical plane that divides the body into superior and inferior sections.

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Turiasauria

Turiasauria is an unranked clade of basal sauropod dinosaurs known from Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous deposits in Europe, North America, and Africa. Patagosaurus and Turiasauria are sauropods.

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Turiasaurus

Turiasaurus (meaning "Turia lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs.

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Turtle

Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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Ulna

The ulna or ulnar bone (ulnae or ulnas) is a long bone in the forearm stretching from the elbow to the wrist.

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Vertebra

Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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Volkheimeria

Volkheimeria is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaurs that lived in what is now Argentina during the Early Jurassic, 178–179 million years ago. Patagosaurus and Volkheimeria are Cañadón Asfalto Formation, fossil taxa described in 1979, fossils of Argentina, Jurassic Argentina, sauropods and taxa named by José Bonaparte.

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Vulcanodon

Vulcanodon (meaning "volcano tooth") is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Uppermost Forest Sandstone of southern Africa. Patagosaurus and Vulcanodon are sauropods.

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Vulcanodontidae

The Early Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs Zizhongosaurus, Barapasaurus, Tazoudasaurus, and Vulcanodon may form a natural group of basal sauropods called the Vulcanodontidae. Patagosaurus and Vulcanodontidae are sauropods.

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1979 in paleontology

Data courtesy of George Olshevsky's dinosaur genera list.

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See also

Cañadón Asfalto Formation

Dinosaur genera

Sauropods

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagosaurus

Also known as Patagosaurus fariasi.

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