Genus: Tastavinsaurus CANUDO,
ROYO-TORRES & CUENCA-BESCOS, 2008
Etymology: Catalan word Tastavin, meaing "wine taster",
a word that also lends its name to the Tastavins River, in which in turn gets
its name to the
village, Penarroya de Tastavins, where the fossils were found, and Greek, sauros,
"lizard."
Species: sanzi CANUDO, ROYO-TORRES & CUENCA-BESCOS, 2008 Genus:
Nova CANUDO, ROYO-TORRES & CUENCA-BESCOS, 2006
Etymology: In honor of Jose Luis Sanz, Madrid, for his studies of Spanish
Dinosaurs.
= Sauropoda incertae sedis CANUDO, BARCO, ROYO-TORRES & RUIZ-OMENACA, 2001
= Genus: Nova CANUDO, ROYO-TORRES & CUENCA-BESCOS, 2006
= "Tastavinsaurus"
Holotype: MPZ 99/9
Locality: Aris 1 (Ars1) locality, N40°41'85", E0°2'95", Penarroya de Tastavins, Iberica Peninsula, Teruel Province (Aragon), northeastern Spain.
Horizon: Xert ("Calizas y Margas de Xert") Formation.
Note: Marine depsoit.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early Aptian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material: 3 dorsal vertebrae, fragmentary sacral region, 25 caudal vertebrae and 21 chevrons, ilia, pubi, ischia, femora, right tibia, right fibula, 5 right metatarsals, 1 left metatarsal, 7 phalanges, frragments of ribs and costal sternals.
Breakdown as follows;
Ars1-77, 78, 79: 3 thoracic vertebrae.
Ars1-53: Part of a fourth thoracic vertebra.
Ars1-57, 69, 74, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91: 9 thoracic ribs.
Ars1-19: Sacrum.
Ars1-7: Caudosacral vertebra.
Ars1-80, 83: 2 sacral rib fragments.
Ars1-10, 26, 27, 30, 31, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 62, 63, 64, 65, 70, 71, 72, 73: 25 caudal vertebrae.
Ars1-15, 22, 28, 32, 34, 37, 38, 43, 44, 46, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 66, 67, 68, 75, 81, 82: 21 chevrons.
Ars1-58, 9: 2 ilia.
Ars1-16, 84: 2 pubes.
Ars1-23, 24: 1 ischia.
Ars1-6, 76: 2 femora.
Ars1-50: Right tibia.
Ars1-54: Right fibula.
Ars1-4, 5, 8, 11, 52: 5 right metatarsals.
Ars1-21: Left metatarsal.
Ars1-2, 29, 133: 7 pedla phalanges.
Ars1-3, 12, 13, 87: 4 unguals.
Referred material:
ROYO-TORRES, ALCALA, & COBOS, 2012
Locailty: La Canaleta site (CT-19), Penagolosa Sub-basin, north-central Maestrazgo Basin, eastern Iberian Range, El Castellar, Teruel Province (Aragon), northeastern Spain.
Horizon: Forcall Formation.
Note: Marine deposit.
Biostratigraphy: Deshayesites deshayesi zone.
Age: Early Aptian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material:
CPT-837: Proxmal metacarpus fragments.
CPT-838: Left femur.
CPT-839-847, CPT-850-852, CPT-856, 861, 862, 870, 884, 3213, 3214: 16 dorsal ribs.
CPT-848: Proximal right pubis.
CPT-859: Left tibia.
CPT-863, 866, 867, 868, 3373: 5 partial metatarsals.
CPT-864, 865, 871, 876-879, 881, 3370, 3371: 10 phalanges.
CPT-874: Left fibula.
CPT-880: Left calcanium.
CPT-882: Both ischia.
CPT-883: Left radius.
CPT-884: A distal fragment of the pubic and ischiac peduncles of the ilium.
CPT-885: Fragment of a caudal vertebra.
CPT-886: Left pubis.
CPT-3374: Left astragalus.