Genus: Mapusaurus CORIA & CURRIE, 2006
= Genus: Nova CORIA & CURRIE, 1997
Etymology: Mapuche (local indienous people), mapu, "Earth" and Greek, sauros, "lizard"; "Earth Reptile".

Species: roseae CORIA & CURRIE, 2006
Etymology: In reference to the rose colored rocks that surround the site were the specimen was found, and to Rose Letwin (Seattle) who sponsored the expeitions in 1999, 2000, 2001.

Holotype: MCF-PVPH-108.1

Locality: From a Bonebed, Canadon del Gato in the Cortaderas area, 20 km southwest of Plaza Huincul, Neuquen Province, Argentina.

Horizon: Huincul Formation, Middle Rio Limay Subgroup, Lower Neuquen Group.
(Was Huincul Member, Rio Limay Formation).

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Limayan Tetrapoda Assemblage, Cenomanian Stage, Uppermiddle Gallic Subepoch, Lowermost Gulf Epoch, Late Early or Middle Cretaceous-Turonian Stage, Uppermost Gallic Subepoch, Lower Gulf Epoch, Early Late Cretaceous.

Material: Right nasal.

Paratypes:

MCF-PVPH-108.5: Left lacrial/prefrontal.

MCF-PVPH-108.45: Right humerus.

MCF-PVPH-108.83: axis neural arch.

MCF-PVPH-108.90: Cervical neural arch.

MCF-PVPH-108.115: Right maxilla.

MCF-PVPH-108.116: Furcula.

MCF-PVPH-108.125: Left dentary.

MCF-PVPH-108.128: Left ilium.

MCF-PVPH-108.165: Left ischium.

MCF-PVPH-108.167: Jugal.

MCF-PVPH-108.177: Right postorbital-palpebral.

MCF-PVPH-108.179: Right splenial.

MCF-PVPH-108.202: Right fibula.

Mapusaurus roseae (after CORIA, 2007), Holotype: MCF-PVPH-108.1

Referred material:

MCF-PVPH-108.2: Right dentary fragment.

MCF-PVPH-108.3: Fragmentary left dentary.

MCF-PVPH-108.4: Postorbital.

MCF-PVPH-108.6: Quadrate.

MCF-PVPH-108.7: Right angular fragment.

MCF-PVPH-108.8-10: Teeth.

MCF-PVPH-108.11: Left maxilla.

MCF-PVPH-108.12: Fragmentary right nasal.

MCF-PVPH-108.14: Probable left manual ungual.

MCF-PVPH-108.15: Right surangular.

MCF-PVPH-108.16: Tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.17: Fragmentary left nasal.

MCF-PVPH-108.18: Phalanx IV-1.

MCF-PVPH-108.19: Right phalange.

MCF-PVPH-108.21: Right phalanx IV-2.

MCF-PVPH-108.23: Left pedal phalanx III-1.

MCF-PVPH-108.24: Phalanx III-2.

MCF-PVPH-108.25: Pedal phalanx III-2.

MCF-PVPH-108.26: Phalanx III-1.

MCF-PVPH-108.28: Pedal ungual.

MCF-PVPH-108.31: Metatarsal III.

MCF-PVPH-108.32: Right metatarsal III.

MCF-PVPH-108.33: Metatarsal II.

MCF-PVPH-108.34: Right metatarsal IV.

MCF-PVPH-108.35: Right metatarsal II fragment.

MCF-PVPH-108.36: Incomplete left metatarsal II.

MCF-PVPH-108.37: Right metatarsal IV.

MCF-PVPH-108.38: Right metatarsal II.

MCF-PVPH-108.39: Partial dentary.

MCF-PVPH-108.41: Isolated tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.42: Isolated tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.43: Isolated tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.44: Femur.

MCF-PVPH-108.46: Right radius.

MCF-PVPH-108.48: Proximal left metacarpal fragment.

MCF-PVPH-108.50: Right scapula.

MCF-PVPH-108.52: Partial tibia.

MCF-PVPH-108.53: Partial tibia.

MCF-PVPH-108.54: Femur head.

MCF-PVPH-108.57: Femur head.

MCF-PVPH-108.58: Tibia.

MCF-PVPH-108.59: Femur head.

MCF-PVPH-108.61: Femur head.

MCF-PVPH-108.62: Partial tibia.

MCF-PVPH-108.63: Partial tibia.

MCF-PVPH-108.64: Femur head.

MCF-PVPH-108.65: Femur head.

MCF-PVPH-108.67: Tibia.

MCF-PVPH-108.68: Left tibia.

MCF-PVPH-108.69: Section of a shaft of a scapula.

MCF-PVPH-108.70: Right astragalus.

MCF-PVPH-108.71: Right coracoid.

MCF-PVPH-108.75: Mid-caudal vertebra.

MCF-PVPH-108.76: Mid-caudal vertebra.

MCF-PVPH-108.78: Mid-caudal vertebra.

MCF-PVPH-108.79: Distal caudal vertebra.

MCF-PVPH-108.80: Poserior dorsal centra.

MCF-PVPH-108.81: Anterior caudal vertebra.

MCF-PVPH-108.82: Cervicodorsal vertebra.

MCF-PVPH-108.84: Dorsal neural arch.

MCF-PVPH-108.85: Dorsal neural arch.

MCF-PVPH-108.89: Sacral centra.

MCF-PVPH-108.95: Proximal head of an ischium.

MCF-PVPH-108.96: Proximal head of an ischium.

MCF-PVPH-108.97: Heads of chevrons.

MCF-PVPH-108.100: Lacrimal.

MCF-PVPH-108.102: Left quadrate.

MCF-PVPH-108.103: Tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.106: Large anterior dorsal rib.

MCF-PVPH-108.109: Manual phalanx ii-2.

MCF-PVPH-108.110: Tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.111: Tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.113-115: Teeth.

MCF-PVPH-108.120: Tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.124: Right metatarsal II.

MCF-PVPH-108.128: Fragmentary ilia.

MCF-PVPH-108.131: Tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.132: Fibula.

MCF-PVPH-108.138: Right maxilla.

MCF-PVPH-108.139: Left prearticular.

MCF-PVPH-108.141: Tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.142: Left maxilla.

MCF-PVPH-108.145: Fragmentary pubis.

MCF-PVPH-108.148: Fragmentary pubis.

MCF-PVPH-108.149: Fragmentary pubis.

MCF-PVPH-108.153: Postorbital.

MCF-PVPH-108.166: Tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.168: Left jugal.

MCF-PVPH-108.169: Fragmentary left maxilla.

MCF-PVPH-108.170: Quadrate.

MCF-PVPH-108.171: Tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.173: Tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.176: Tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.180: Tooth.

MCF-PVPH-108.181: Ventro-posterior fragment of right ilium.

MCF-PVPH-108.183: Left lacrimal-prefontal complex.

MCF-PVPH-108.185: Section of scapular blade.

MCF-PVPH-108.187: Section of scapular blade.

MCF-PVPH-108.188: Metatarsal III.

MCF-PVPH-108.189: Fibula.

MCF-PVPH-108.196: Fibula.

MCF-PVPH-108.198: Ungual.

MCF-PVPH-108.200: Right metatarsal III.

MCF-PVPH-108.201: Left metatarsal III.

MCF-PVPH-108.203: Left femur.

MCF-PVPH-108.208: Mid-caudal vertebra.

MCF-PVPH-108.209: Sacrum centrum.

MCF-PVPH-108.210: Chevron fragment.

MCF-PVPH-108.230: Gastralia fragment.

MCF-PVPH-108.233: Femur.

MCF-PVPH-108.234: Femur head.

MCF-PVPH-108.245: Fragmentry ilium.

MCF-PVPH-108.246: Left metatarsal I.

MCF-PVPH-108.247: Distal caudal vertebra.

An isolated maxillary tooth, a surangular, a caudal vertebra, a manual ungual, the acetabular region of an ilium, a pubis, the proximal part of an ischium, femora, tibiae, a fibula, a metatarsal, and many pedal phalanges.
Note: Severial individuals from juvenile to adult.

 

BELL & CORIA, 2013

Paleopatholgies have been found on:

MCF-PVPH 108-90: Unfused cervical neural arch with a single pathological cavity on the poster margin of the right prezygapophyseal facet.

MCF-PVPH 108-175: A right dorsal rib with a lesion..

MCF-PVPH 108-220: A dorsal rib, with overtubulation of the shaft.

MCF-PVPH 108-81: A partial right ilium with five erosiional lesions.

MCF-PVPH 108-23: ?Left pedal phalanx III-1 has marginal erosion on distal articular surface.

MCF-PVPH-90: Mid-caudal neural arch, has erosion on right prezygapophysis.