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Ignotosaurus

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The ilium is slender, and its blade has an extremely thin central portion (only 1 millimetre (0.039 in) thick), hence the specific name 'fragilis'. It has the saddle-shaped lateral profile of most silesaurids, and is longer than it is deep. The
396:. The postacetabular process is long and has a brevis fossa present on the ventral side. It has a thick rectangular cross-section and a rugose area at the end. The pubic peduncle is long and stout, with a prominent dorsal margin. 1619: 1573: 532: 500:, Memoir 12: Basal sauropodomorphs and the vertebrate fossil record of the Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic: Carnian-Norian) of Argentina: 10–30 1639: 416:
but as only one of the three characteristic features for silesaurids is preserved this is not certain (the other features are on the femur and
384:. The preacteabular process is flattened anteroposteriorly and is angled at 90° to the iliac blade, pointing anterolaterally - these are the 1644: 496: 305: 1634: 1463: 1629: 525: 1515: 1452: 136: 1624: 1502: 638: 378:. A ridge rises from the dorsal edge of this crest and joins the preacetabular process, as in the close relative 349:. This ilium is approximately 70 millimetres (2.8 in) long, but it is difficult to say accurately how large 1470: 1381: 518: 1614: 345:' 'lizard', is quite apt as there is only one specimen known and this specimen is only known from the right 301: 1541: 1075: 1446: 1586: 1165: 1649: 1457: 903: 237: 1529: 611: 366:
has a back wall created by a ventral flange and this closes a socket as it is in contact with the
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Martínez, Ricardo N.; Apaldetti, Cecilia; Alcober, Oscar A.; Colombi, Carina E.;
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It is thought that the Ischigualasto Formation at this time was a
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The holotype ilium, seen in dorsal and lateral view
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It was therefore contemporary with 7: 447:and possibly some early dinosaurs. 497:Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14: 300:) Cancha de Bochas Member of the 1523: 1498: 1497: 1469: 1462: 1456: 1451: 1445: 135: 306:Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin 1: 1640:Fossil taxa described in 2013 323:and lived in the same place. 335:'ignotus' 'unknown' and the 1666: 542:Avemetatarsalia / Pan-Aves 341: 1645:Taxa named by Paul Sereno 1482: 1443: 1272: 1191: 1146: 999: 937: 933: 811: 715: 711: 696: 677: 631: 604: 591: 548: 251: 244: 132:Scientific classification 130: 125: 116: 23: 16:Extinct genus of reptiles 1635:Ischigualasto Formation 302:Ischigualasto Formation 1587:Paleobiology Database 472:Martínez et al., 2013 257:Ignotosaurus fragilis 1630:Fossils of Argentina 386:diagnostic features 1625:Triassic Argentina 1602: 1601: 1542:Taxon identifiers 1511: 1510: 1478: 1477: 1441: 1440: 1437: 1436: 1433: 1432: 1429: 1428: 1425: 1424: 1421: 1420: 1353: 1352: 1176: 1175: 1131: 1130: 1127: 1126: 918: 917: 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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Dinosauria
Ornithischia (?)
Silesauridae
Ignotosaurus
2013
Type species
extinct
genus
silesaurid
dinosauriform

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