Adeopapposaurus
| Adeopapposaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Family: | †Massospondylidae |
| Genus: | †Adeopapposaurus Martínez, 2009 |
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| †Adeopapposaurus mognai Martínez, 2009
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Adeopapposaurus (meaning "far eating lizard", in reference to its long neck) is a genus of plateosaurian dinosaur from the Early Jurassic Cañón del Colorado Formation of San Juan, Argentina. It was similar to Massospondylus. Four partial skeletons with two partial skulls are known.[1]
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South American examples of Massospondylus; while this is no longer the case, Adeopapposaurus is classified as a massospondylid. Adeopapposaurus was described in 2009 by Ricardo N. Martínez. The type species is A. mognai, referring to the Mogna locality where it was found.[1] The found fossils of the Adeopapposaurus have provided crucial information about the different types of sauropod dinosaurs that were located in South America.[2]
Phylogeny
The following cladogram shows the position of Adeopapposaurus within Massopoda, according to Oliver W. M. Rauhut and colleagues, 2020:[3]
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See also
References
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- ^ Apaldetti, Cecilia, et al. “A new basal sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from Quebrada del Barro Formation (Marayes-El Carrizal Basin), northwestern Argentina.” PLoS ONE, vol. 6, no. 11, 2011, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026964. Martínez, R. N. (2009). Adeopapposaurus mognai, gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha), with comments on adaptations of basal Sauropodomorpha. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(1), 142-164. 10.1671/039.029.0102
- S2CID 220294939.