Genus: Arenysaurus PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA, CANUDO, CRUZADO-CAGALLERO,
BARCO, LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, OMS, & RUIZ-OMENACA, 2009
Etymology: Aren (Areny de Noguera in Catalonia language), the village of
Huesca Province, Spain, located near the area where the fossils were found,
and Greek,
sauros, "lizard."
Species: ardevoli PEREDA-SUBERBIOLA,
CANUDO, CRUZADO-CAGALLERO, BARCO, LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, OMS, & RUIZ-OMENACA,
2009
Etymology: In honor of the geologist Lluis Ardevol (Geoplay, Tremp, Lleida),
who discovered the Blasi sites.
Holotype: MPZ 2008/1
Locality: Blasi 3, Aren, south-central Pyrenees, Huesca Province, Spain.
Horizon: Aren Sandstone, lower part of the Tremp Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Maastrichtian Stage, Upper Senonian subepoch, Upper Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: A partial, articulated skull comprising of the skull roof and braincase.
Skull.
Paratypes:
MPZ 2006/20: 14 articulated caudal vertebrae and chevrons.
MPZ 2007/706, 2007/954-955, 2008/264-267: 7 cervical vertebrae.
MPZ 2007/707: Right pubis.
MPZ 2007/711: Right femur.
MPZ 2008/256: Fragmentary right maxillla.
MPZ 2008/257: Fragmentary left maxilla.
MPZ 2008/258: Left dentary with 12 teeth.
MPZ 2008/259: Right surangular.
MPZ 2008/260-263: 4 isoalted teeth.
MPZ 2008/268: Dorsal vertebra.
MPZ 2008/269-270: 2 dorsal ribs.
MPZ 2008/271: Partial sacrum with ossified tendons.
MPZ 2008/272, 313: 2 caudal vertebrae.
MPZ 2008/314, 330: Hemal arches.
MPZ 2008/331-332: 2 ossifed tendons.
MPZ 2008/333a-b: Right scapula in two fragments.
MPZ 2008/334: Right coracoid.
MPZ 2008/336: Right humerus.
MPZ 2008/335: Fragmentary right ilium.
MPZ 2008/337: Left femur.
MPZ 2008/480: Pathological caudal vertebra.
Referred material:
CRUZADO-CABALLERO, CANUDO, MORENO-AZANZA, & RUIZ-OMENACA, 2013
MPZ2008/275-276, /281, /286, /288, /290-292, /296, /298-300, /302, /304, /306, /309-312, MPZ2012/754-758: 24 caudal vertebrae.
MPZ2008/315-317, /319, /321-323, /325-326, /328-329: 11 hemal arches.
MPZ2011/1: left jugal:
MPZ2012/746-747, /767: 3 cervical ribs.
MPZ2012/748-753: 6 dorsal ribs.
MPZ2012/767: Cervical vertebra.