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Seitaad ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)165044https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=165044
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Seitaad
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-EusaurischiaPadian et al. 1999
-Sauropodomorpha
-MassopodaYates 2007
-SauropodiformesMartinez et al. 2011
genusSeitaadSertich and Loewen 2010
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Seitaadgenusbelongs to Sauropodomorphastated with evidenceSertich and Loewen, 2010
Seitaadgenusbelongs to Plateosauriastated with evidenceApaldetti et al., 2011
Seitaadgenusbelongs to Anchisauriastated with evidenceOtero and Pol, 2013
Seitaadgenusbelongs to Massospondylidaestated with evidenceApaldetti et al., 2013
Seitaadgenusbelongs to Sauropodiformesstated with evidenceMcPhee et al., 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance191 - 174 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance191 - 174 Ma
Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Diapsida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. W. Sertich and M. A. Loewen. 2010. A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone of southern Utah. PLoS One 5(3):e9789

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Seitaad ruessi ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1191 Ma
Early Jurassic		191 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2010Seitaad Sertich and Loewen
2011Seitaad Apaldetti et al. p. 16 fig. 13
2013Seitaad Apaldetti et al.
2013Seitaad Otero and Pol
2015Seitaad McPhee et al. p. 19 fig. 12

References

Sertich J. J. W., Loewen M. A. (2010) A new basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone of southern Utah, PLoS One 5 3, e9789 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009789
Apaldetti C., Martinez R. N., et al (2011) A new basal sauropodomorph (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from Quebrada del Barro Formation (Marayes-El Carrizal Basin), Northwestern Argentina, PLoS ONE 6 11, e26964:1-19 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026964
Apaldetti C., Pol D., et al (2013) The postcranial anatomy of Coloradisaurus brevis (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic and its phylogenetic implications, Palaeontology 56 2, 277-301
Otero A., Pol D. (2013) Postcranial anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Mussaurus patagonicus (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 5, 1138-1168
McPhee B. W., Choiniere J. N., et al (2015) A second species of Eucnemesaurus Van Hoepen, 1920 (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha): new information on the diversity and evolution of the sauropodomorph fauna of South Africa's lower Elliot Formation (latest Triassic), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 5, e980504:1-24 doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.980504
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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