Saturnalia tupiniquim

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sauropodomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: †Sauropodomorpha

Subfamilia: †Saturnaliinae
Genus: †Saturnalia
Species: †Saturnalia tupiniquim

Name

†Saturnalia tupiniquim Langer, Abdala, Richter & Benton, 1999: 512

Type locality: "a private piece of land no. 1945, on BR-509 road, on the outskirts of the city of Santa Maria, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil".

Holotype: MCP 3844-PV

Etymology: "tupiniquim, Portuguese word of indigenous — Guarani — origin, an endearing way of referring to native things from Brazil" [Langer et al., 1999: 512]

References

Primary references

• Langer, M.C., Abdala, F., Richter, M. & Benton, M.J. 1999. A sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Upper Triassic (Carman) of southern Brazil. Comptes rendus de l’Académie des sciences. Série IIa, Sciences de la terre et des planètes 329(7): 511–517. DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(00)80025-7 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Saturnalia tupiniquim – Taxon details on Fossilworks.