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Tastavinsaurus ✝

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Tastavinsaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur belonging to the Titanosauriformes. It is based on a partial skeleton from the Early Cretaceous Xert Formation of Spain. The type species is Tastavinsaurus sanzi, named in honor of the Rio Tastavins in Spain and Spanish paleontologist José Luis Sanz.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tastavinsaurus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4822644	https://www.gbif.org/species/4822644
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	138439	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=138439

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Tastavinsaurus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Tastavinsaurus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Eusaurischia	Padian et al. 1999
-	Sauropodomorpha
-	Massopoda	Yates 2007
-	Sauropodiformes	Martinez et al. 2011
-	Sauropoda
-	Eusauropoda	Upchurch 1995
-	Neosauropoda	Bonaparte 1986
-	Macronaria	Sereno 1997
-	Titanosauriformes	Salgado et al. 1997
-	Somphospondyli	Wilson and Sereno 1998
genus	Tastavinsaurus	Canudo Royo-Torres & Cuenca-Bescós 2008

Scientific Name

Tastavinsaurus Canudo, Royo-Torres & Cuenca-Bescós, 2008

Name Published In

Canudo, J.I.; Royo-Torres, R.; Cuenca-Bescós, G. (2008). A new sauropod: Tastavinsaurus sanzi gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28 (3), 712-731

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Tastavinsaurus	genus	belongs to Somphospondyli	stated with evidence	Canudo et al., 2008
Tastavinsaurus	genus	belongs to Titanosauriformes	stated without evidence	Mannion and Calvo, 2011
Tastavinsaurus	genus	belongs to Laurasiformes	stated with evidence	Royo-Torres et al., 2012
Tastavinsaurus	genus	belongs to Somphospondyli	stated with evidence	D'Emic, 2012
Tastavinsaurus	genus	belongs to Titanosauriformes	stated with evidence	Mocho et al., 2014
Tastavinsaurus	genus	belongs to Camarasauromorpha	stated with evidence	Carballido et al., 2015
Tastavinsaurus	genus	belongs to Somphospondyli	stated with evidence	Mannion et al., 2019

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Sauropoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Sauropoda)

Diet

herbivore (based on Sauropoda)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. I. Canudo, R. Royo-Torres, and G. Cuenca-Bescós. 2008. A new sauropod: Tastavinsaurus sanzi gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):712-731

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tastavinsaurus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Tastavinsaurus sanzi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2008	Tastavinsaurus Canudo et al. p. 713
2011	Tastavinsaurus Mannion and Calvo
2011	Tastavinsaurus Vila et al. p. 143
2012	Tastavinsaurus D'Emic
2012	Tastavinsaurus Royo-Torres et al.
2013	Tastavinsaurus D'Emic
2013	Tastavinsaurus Mannion et al.
2014	Tastavinsaurus Mocho et al.
2015	Tastavinsaurus Carballido et al.
2019	Tastavinsaurus Mannion et al.

References

Canudo J. I., Royo-Torres R., et al (2008) A new sauropod: Tastavinsaurus sanzi gen. et sp. nov. from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Spain, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 3, 712-731 doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[712:ANSTSG]2.0.CO;2

Mannion P. D., Calvo J. O. (2011) Anatomy of the basal titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) Andesaurus delgadoi from the mid-Cretaceous (Albian–early Cenomanian) Río Limay Formation, Neuquén Province, Argentina: implications for titanosaur systematics, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, 155-181

Vila B., Suñer M., et al (2011) Saurischians through time, Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia, 130-168

D'Emic M. D. (2012) The early evolution of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166, 624-671

Royo-Torres R., Alcalá L., et al (2012) A new specimen of the Cretaceous sauropod Tastavinsaurus sanzi from El Castellar (Teruel, Spain), and a phylogenetic analysis of the Laurasiformes, Cretaceous Research 34 1, 61-83 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.005

D'Emic M. D. (2013) Revision of the sauropod dinosaurs of the Lower Cretaceous Trinity Group, southern USA, with the description of a new genus, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 6, 707-726 doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.667446

Mannion P. D., Upchurch P., et al (2013) Osteology of the Late Jurassic Portuguese sauropod dinosaur Lusotitan atalaiensis (Macronaria) and the evolutionary history of basal titanosauriforms, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168, 98-206

Mocho P., Royo-Torres R., et al (2014) Phylogenetic reassessment of Lourinhasaurus alenquerensis, a basal Macronaria (Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170, 875-916 doi:10.1111/zoj.12113

Carballido J. L., Pol D., et al (2015) A new Early Cretaceous brachiosaurid (Dinosauria, Neosauropoda) from northwestern Gondwana (Villa de Leiva, Colombia), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 5, e980505:1-12 doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.980505

Mannion P. D., Upchurch P., et al (2019) New information on the Cretaceous sauropod dinosaurs of Zhejiang Province, China: impact on Laurasian titanosauriform phylogeny and biogeography, Royal Society Open Science 6, 191057:1-22

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