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Shantungosaurus

Reptilia - Hadrosauridae

Species

S. giganteus (syn. Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens, Zhuchengosaurus maximus)

Synonyms

Zhuchengosaurus was named by Zhao et al. (2007). Its type is Zhuchengosaurus maximus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Shantungosaurus by Xing et al. (2014), Hone et al. (2014), Zhang et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Hadrosaurinae by Zhao et al. (2007).
Huaxiaosaurus was named by Zhao (2011) [Named by first author only in this paper.]. Its type is Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens.

It was synonymized subjectively with Shantungosaurus by Xing et al. (2014), Zhang et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Hadrosauridae by Zhao et al. (2011); and to Hadrosaurinae by Hone et al. (2014).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1973	Shantungosaurus Hu
1979	Shantungosaurus Brett-Surman p. 561 fig. 1
1981	Shantungosaurus Maryanska and Osmólska p. 8
1983	Shantungosaurus Weishampel and Weishampel p. 44
1988	Shantungosaurus Carroll
1990	Shantungosaurus Chapman and Brett-Surman p. 177
1990	Shantungosaurus Weishampel and Horner p. 557
1992	Shantungosaurus Dong p. 165
1992	Shantungosaurus Horner p. 15
1992	Shantungosaurus Hunt and Lucas p. 228
1998	Shantungosaurus Godefroit et al. p. 51
2004	Shantungosaurus Godefroit et al. p. 149
2004	Shantungosaurus Horner et al. p. 441
2006	Shantungosaurus Kirkland et al. p. 308
2007	Zhuchengosaurus Zhao et al. p. 114
2010	Shantungosaurus Prieto-Marquez and Salinas p. 835 fig. 20
2010	Shantungosaurus Prieto-Márquez p. 5 fig. 2
2010	Shantungosaurus Prieto-Márquez and Wagner p. 1243 fig. 3
2010	Shantungosaurus Xu et al. p. 1631
2011	Huaxiaosaurus Zhao p. 1673
2011	Huaxiaosaurus Zhao et al. p. 1673
2012	Shantungosaurus Ramírez-Velasco et al. p. 392
2013	Shantungosaurus Prieto-Marquez
2014	Shantungosaurus Hone et al. p. 524
2014	Huaxiaosaurus Hone et al. p. 525
2014	Shantungosaurus Xing et al. p. 1808
2016	Shantungosaurus Lehman et al. p. 346
2017	Shantungosaurus Cruzado-Caballero and Powell p. 12 fig. 13
2017	Shantungosaurus Zhang et al. p. 196–197

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Ornithischia	()
—	Genasauria
—	Cerapoda
—	Ornithopoda	()
—	Clypeodonta
—	Iguanodontia	()
—	Dryomorpha
—	Styracosterna
—	Hadrosauriformes
—	Hadrosauroidea	()
family	Hadrosauridae
subfamily	Hadrosaurinae	Lambe 1918
tribe	Edmontosaurini	Glut 1997
genus	Shantungosaurus

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.

G. †Shantungosaurus Hu 1973

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†Shantungosaurus giganteus Hu 1973

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Invalid names: Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens Zhao 2011 [synonym], Zhuchengosaurus maximus Zhao et al. 2007 [synonym]

Invalid names: Huaxiaosaurus Zhao 2011 [synonym], Zhuchengosaurus Zhao et al. 2007 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
H. Xing et al. 2014	As for the type and only species.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

gregariouso

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

herbivoresubo

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:40:05

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:40:05

Source: subo = suborder, o = order

References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Campanian	100.5 - 72.2	China (Shanxi)	S. sp. (45408)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	China (Shandong)	S. giganteus (57178) S. sp. (96815) Zhuchengosaurus maximus (91473)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	China (Shaanxi)	S. giganteus (178689)