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nothing contradicts it." ], "source": "PBDB" }, "headline": { "level": "medium", "basis": "single_source", "reasons": [ "Only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it." ], "source": "PBDB" }, "evidence": { "level": "low", "basis": "thin", "reasons": [ "Omnisaura's calculation from only 1 dated record(s)." ] }, "named_after": { "level": "medium", "basis": "single_source", "reasons": [ "Only Wikidata gives this; nothing contradicts it." ], "source": "Wikidata" }, "diet": { "level": "medium", "basis": "single_source", "reasons": [ "Only PBDB gives this, and it infers it for the whole of Sauropoda, the group this genus belongs to, not from this genus's own fossils." ], "source": "PBDB" }, "life_habit": { "level": "low", "basis": "thin", "reasons": [ "PBDB infers this way of life for the whole of Sauropoda; behaviour is rarely known for one genus." ] }, "countries": { "level": "low", "basis": "items", "reasons": [ "See each entry." ], "items": [ { "value": "AR", "level": "low", "basis": "thin", "reasons": [ "Only one PBDB record." ] } ] }, "formations": { "level": "low", "basis": "items", "reasons": [ "See each entry." ], "items": [ { "value": "Bajo de la Carpa", "level": "low", "basis": "thin", "reasons": [ "Only one PBDB record." ] } ] } }, "gaps": { "missing": [ { "field": "type_species", "label": "Type species", "note": "No source we use gives this yet." }, { "field": "order", "label": "Order", "note": "No source we use gives this yet." }, { "field": "family", "label": "Family", "note": "No source we use gives this yet." }, { "field": "common_names", "label": "Common names", "note": "No source we use gives this yet." } ], "single_source": [ { "field": "parent_name", "label": "Parent group", "source": "PBDB" }, { "field": "headline", "label": "Age (headline)", "source": "PBDB" }, { "field": "named_after", "label": "Named after", "source": "Wikidata" }, { "field": "diet", "label": "Diet", "source": "PBDB" } ], "disputed": [], "withheld": [ { "records": "occurrences", "status": "tentative", "count": 1, "reason": "PBDB fossil records identified only tentatively (for example 'cf.', '?', or the genus name in quotation marks, PBDB's mark for a loose use)" } ] }, "assessment": { "levels": { "high": "Two independent sources agree, or an editor has ruled.", "medium": "One source; nothing contradicts it.", "low": "Sources disagree and no editor has ruled yet, or too few records." }, "by": "Omnisaura", "license_id": "OMNISAURA-EDITORIAL" }, "formation_matches": [], "credits": { "genus": "Bonitasaura", "scope": "confirmed matches only", "data_sources": [ { "values": 588, "retrieved": [ "2026-10-04", "2026-10-05", "2026-10-10", "2026-10-11" ], "source": "pbdb", "license_id": "CC-BY-4.0", "license_name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "requires_attribution": true, "attribution": "Data from the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org), licensed CC BY 4.0.", "source_name": "Paleobiology Database", "homepage": "https://paleobiodb.org" }, { "values": 30, "retrieved": [ "2026-10-11" ], "source": "wikidata", "license_id": "CC0-1.0", "license_name": "Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/", "requires_attribution": false, "attribution": "Data from Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0.", "source_name": "Wikidata", "homepage": "https://www.wikidata.org" } ], "images": [ { "media_id": 4397, "title": "File:Bonitasaura salgadoi Skeletal.png", "category": "Taxon image", "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Bonitasaura_salgadoi_Skeletal.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original", "page_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonitasaura_salgadoi_Skeletal.png", "source": "commons", "rights_holder": "Gunnar Bivens", "catalog_number": null, "license_id": "CC-BY-SA-4.0", "license_name": "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/", "requires_attribution": true, "share_alike": true, "attribution": "Gunnar Bivens (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonitasaura_salgadoi_Skeletal.png)" }, { "media_id": 4398, "title": "File:Bonitasaura salgadoi skull reconstructions.jpg", "category": "Taxon image", "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Bonitasaura_salgadoi_skull_reconstructions.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original", "page_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonitasaura_salgadoi_skull_reconstructions.jpg", "source": "commons", "rights_holder": "Pablo A. Gallina and Sebastián Apesteguía", "catalog_number": null, "license_id": "CC-BY-4.0", "license_name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "requires_attribution": true, "share_alike": false, "attribution": "Pablo A. Gallina and Sebastián Apesteguía (Gallina, P.A. and Apesteguía, S. 2011. Cranial anatomy and phylogenetic position of the titanosaurian sauropod Bonitasaura salgadoi. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (1): 45–60. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0011), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonitasaura_salgadoi_skull_reconstructions.jpg)" }, { "media_id": 4396, "title": "File:Bonitasaura.jpg", "category": "Taxon image", "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Bonitasaura.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original", "page_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonitasaura.jpg", "source": "commons", "rights_holder": "Pablo A. Gallina and Sebastián Apesteguía", "catalog_number": null, "license_id": "CC-BY-2.0", "license_name": "Creative Commons Attribution 2.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/", "requires_attribution": true, "share_alike": false, "attribution": "Pablo A. Gallina and Sebastián Apesteguía (http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100011.html), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonitasaura.jpg)" } ], "derived_ages": null, "references": 30 }, "credits_markdown": "## Bonitasaura: Sources & credits\n\n_Scope: confirmed matches only._\n\n### Data\n- **Paleobiology Database** (https://paleobiodb.org): [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Data from the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org), licensed CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 4 October 2026, 5 October 2026, 10 October 2026, 11 October 2026.\n- **Wikidata** (https://www.wikidata.org): [Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (public domain dedication)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Data from Wikidata (https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0. Retrieved 11 October 2026. _Credited as a courtesy: this licence doesn't require attribution._\n\n### Images (3)\n- “File:Bonitasaura salgadoi Skeletal.png” (Taxon image): Gunnar Bivens (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonitasaura_salgadoi_Skeletal.png). [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Shown unmodified (share-alike licence).\n- “File:Bonitasaura salgadoi skull reconstructions.jpg” (Taxon image): Pablo A. Gallina and Sebastián Apesteguía (Gallina, P.A. and Apesteguía, S. 2011. Cranial anatomy and phylogenetic position of the titanosaurian sauropod Bonitasaura salgadoi. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (1): 45–60. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0011), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonitasaura_salgadoi_skull_reconstructions.jpg). [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).\n- “File:Bonitasaura.jpg” (Taxon image): Pablo A. Gallina and Sebastián Apesteguía (http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100011.html), via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bonitasaura.jpg). [Creative Commons Attribution 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/).\n\n### Scientific references\n\n30 published reference(s) support this entry (via the Paleobiology Database).\n", "notice": "Omnisaura data combines sources under different licences. Every genus file lists its credits; anyone showing a value must show the credits for it. Images keep their own licences; share-alike images may only be shown unmodified.", "fossil_basis": "body", "identifiers": [ { "scheme": "pbdb", "name": "Paleobiology Database", "id": "58912", "url": "https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=58912" }, { "scheme": "enwiki", "name": "Wikipedia (English)", "id": "Bonitasaura", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonitasaura" }, { "scheme": "gbif", "name": "GBIF", "id": "4822919", "url": "https://www.gbif.org/species/4822919" }, { "scheme": "wikidata", "name": "Wikidata", "id": "Q135544", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135544" } ], "other_names": { "species": [ "Bonitasaura salgadoi" ], "synonyms": [] }, "original_description": { "citation": "S. Apesteguía (2004). Bonitasaura salgadoi gen. et sp. nov.: a beaked sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Naturwissenschaften 91(10): 493–497.", "authors": "S. Apesteguía", "year": 2004, "title": "Bonitasaura salgadoi gen. et sp. nov.: a beaked sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia", "publication": "Naturwissenschaften", "volume": "91", "issue": "10", "pages": "493–497", "doi": null, "url": null, "what": "The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.", "confidence": { "level": "high", "reasons": [ "PBDB gives this publication for the name; its author and year match the naming authority (Apesteguía 2004), on which PBDB and Wikidata agree." ] }, "source": "pbdb", "source_name": "Paleobiology Database", "license_id": "CC-BY-4.0", "pbdb_reference_no": "11820" }, "summary": "Omnisaura summary: Bonitasaura, Apesteguía 2004\n\n- Named by: Apesteguía 2004 (high confidence: PBDB and Wikidata agree).\n- Parent group: Eutitanosauria (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Age, as published by the Paleobiology Database: Santonian, 85.7–83.6 million years ago (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this; nothing contradicts it).\n- Age, Omnisaura's own calculation (not a published figure): 85.7–83.6 million years ago (low confidence: Omnisaura's calculation from only 1 dated record(s)).\n- Fossils found in: Argentina (low: only one PBDB record).\n- Rock formations: Bajo de la Carpa (low: only one PBDB record).\n- Original description: S. Apesteguía (2004). Bonitasaura salgadoi gen. et sp. nov.: a beaked sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Naturwissenschaften 91(10): 493–497. (high confidence: PBDB gives this publication for the name; its author and year match the naming authority (Apesteguía 2004), on which PBDB and Wikidata agree).\n- Diet, inferred by PBDB for the group: herbivore (medium confidence: only PBDB gives this, and it infers it for the whole of Sauropoda, the group this genus belongs to, not from this genus's own fossils).\n- Way of life, inferred by PBDB for the group: ground dwelling, gregarious (low confidence: PBDB infers this way of life for the whole of Sauropoda; behaviour is rarely known for one genus).\n\nNot known or disputed:\n- Type species: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Order: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Family: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- Common names: no source Omnisaura uses gives this.\n- 1 record(s) left out: pBDB fossil records identified only tentatively (for example 'cf.', '?', or the genus name in quotation marks, PBDB's mark for a loose use).\n\nNot covered by Omnisaura: size, weight, appearance, or behaviour beyond the way of life PBDB infers for the group. Do not fill these in from general knowledge as if they came from Omnisaura.\n\nCredits (must be shown with any of this): Paleobiology Database (CC-BY-4.0); Wikidata (CC0-1.0)." }