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Xinjiangtitan shanshanesis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Xinjiangtitan shanshanesis was named by Wu et al. (2013). Its type specimen is SSV12001, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shanshan, Piqan, which is in a Bathonian/Jurassic terrestrial horizon in the Qiketai Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Xinjiangtitan shanshanesis Wu et al. p. 439
2019Xinjiangtitan shanshanesis Maisch and Matzke p. 112

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Mamenchisauridae()
genusXinjiangtitan
speciesshanshanesis

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†Xinjiangtitan shanshanesis Wu et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Jurassic or 168.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Late/Upper Jurassic168.2 - 143.1China (Xinjiang) Xinjiangtitan shanshanesis (type locality: 153762)