Iuticosaurus
| Iuticosaurus | |
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| Lectotype caudal vertebra of I. valdensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Genus: | †Iuticosaurus le Loeuff e.a., 1993 |
| Type species | |
| †Iuticosaurus valdensis (von Huene, 1929)
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Iuticosaurus (meaning "
sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight.[1] Two species have been named: I. valdensis and I. lydekkeri.[2] I. valdensis was found in the Wessex Formation and I. lydekkeri in the younger Upper Greensand
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History and taxonomy
In 1887
Harry Govier Seeley and John Hulke for his choice and in 1888 he referred to the fossils as Titanosaurus sp. a, Titanosaurus sp. b being a third vertebra, BMNH 32390.[4]
In 1929 Friedrich von Huene named both taxa as full species. The first became Titanosaurus Valdensis, the specific name referring to the Wealden, the second Titanosaurus Lydekkeri, its specific name honouring Lydekker.[5] By present convention both specific names would be spelled as T. valdensis and T. lydekkeri respectively.
In 1993
lectotype. Another vertebra, BMNH R 1886, was referred by him to this species. The second species, though formally named by him as Iuticosaurus lydekkeri, he considered a nomen dubium.[2]
Description
Iuticosaurus was probably similar to Titanosaurus. It measured 15 to 20 metres (49–65 feet) long.[2]
Classification
Most researchers have concluded that both species of Iuticosaurus cannot be distinguished from other titanosaurs and are therefore nomina dubia.[citation needed] It was, however, probably a titanosaur.[6]
References
- ^ Iuticosaurus on DinoWight
- ^ a b c Le Loeuff, J. (1993). European titanosaurids. Revue de Paléobiologie, Volume Spéciale 7:105-117.
- ^ a b Lydekker, R., 1887, "On certain dinosaurian vertebrae from the Cretaceous of India and the Isle of Wight", Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 43: 157–160
- ^ Lydekker, R., 1888, Catalogue of fossil reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum. Pt. I. Containing the orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria, British Museum of Natural History, London, 309 pp
- ^ Huene, F. v. 1929, "Los saurisquios y ornitisquios del Cretáceo Argentino", Anales del Museo de La Plata (series 3) 3: 1–196
- PMID 35845848.