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Qiaowanlong kangxii

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Qiaowanlong kangxii was named by You and Li (2009). Its type specimen is FRDC GJ 07-14, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Qiaowan, Yujingzi Basin, which is in an Aptian terrestrial mudstone in the Xiagou Formation of China. It is the type species of Qiaowanlong.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Qiaowanlong kangxii You and Li
2011Qiaowanlong kangxii Molnar p. 306
2011Qiaowanlong kangxii Saegusa and Tomida p. 254
2012Qiaowanlong kangxii D'Emic
2013Qiaowanlong kangxii Yang et al. p. 275
2014Qiaowanlong kangxii Li et al. p. 1
2019Qiaowanlong kangxii Morschhauser et al. p. 36
2019Qiaowanlong kangxii You et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Somphospondyli
—Euhelopodidae()
genusQiaowanlong
specieskangxii

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Qiaowanlong kangxii You and Li 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H.-L. You and D.-Q. Li 2009A brachiosaurid sauropod having a low elongation index (EI) ratio (central length with condyle divided by cotyle height: 3.6 and 3 in C6 and C9, respectively), deeply bifurcated cervical neural spines, three fossae on the shallowly depressed lateral surface of the centrum, and much reduced ischium with the width and the length of its shaft about 50 and 70 per cent, respectively, of the comparable portions of the pubis, as well as a long pubic process of the ischium, occupying about 60 per cent of the length of its shaft.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Gansu) Qiaowanlong kangxii (type locality: 91167)