Ingentia
| Ingentia Temporal range: Late Triassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Lessemsauridae |
| Genus: | †Ingentia Apaldetti et al., 2018 |
| Species: | †I. prima
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| †Ingentia prima Apaldetti et al., 2018
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Ingentia is a
sauropodomorphs to evolve, along with its close relative Lessemsaurus
. A second specimen, PVSJ 1087, was referred, containing five tail vertebrae, both ulnae and radii, a left calfbone and a right foot.
Classification
A phylogenetic analysis performed by Apaldetti et al. found a new clade uniting Ingentia, Lessemsaurus and Antetonitrus, which they named Lessemsauridae. Like other lessemsaurids, Ingentia has highly pneumatic and very antero-posteriorly short but tall robust cervical vertebrae, a very expanded distal scapula blade, and arms that are relatively bent but capable of supporting the torso. Depending on the definition of Sauropoda, the clade is either the oldest sauropod taxon, or the sister taxon of the clade Sauropoda. The phylogenetic analysis is shown below:[1]
Sauropodiformes
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See also
References
- PMID 29988169.