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Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis

Reptilia - Nemegtosauridae

Taxonomy
Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis was named by Nowinski (1971). Its type specimen is ZPAL MgD-I/9, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nemegt, Central Sayr, site 6 [PMPE], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It was considered monophyletic by Maryanska (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Nowinski p. 59
1977Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Rozhdestvensky p. 113
1980Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Kues et al. p. 866
1990Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis McIntosh p. 393
1991Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Molnar p. 169
1992Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Salgado and Calvo p. 337
1995Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Buffetaut et al. p. 159
1997Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Barsbold p. 448–449
1997Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Buffetaut et al. p. 181
1997Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Osmólska p. 472
1997Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Salgado and Calvo pp. 41-43 fig. 8
2000Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Maryanska p. 458
2002Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Buffetaut et al. p. 97
2002Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Wilson p. 275
2004Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Upchurch et al. p. 263
2004Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Wilson p. 130A
2005Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Curry Rogers p. 66
2005Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Wilson p. 285 figs. 2-16
2006Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Candeiro et al. p. 934
2006Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Wilson p. 171
2008Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Filippi and Garrido p. 581
2009Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Suteethorn et al. p. 189
2010Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Alifanov and Bolotsky p. 89
2010Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis García and Cerda p. 48
2010Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis García et al. p. 419
2010Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Saegusa et al. p. 56
2011Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Díez Díaz et al. p. 522
2011Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Grellet-Tinner et al. p. 627
2011Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Saegusa and Tomida p. 257
2012Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Díez Díaz et al. p. 271
2012Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Grellet-Tinner et al. p. 8
2014Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Mocho et al.
2015Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis García et al. p. 39
2016Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Currie p. 96
2017Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Gorscak et al. p. 6
2018Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Cau and Madzia p. 1
2023Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Poropat et al. p. 1

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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
—Titanosauria
—Lithostrotia
familyNemegtosauridae
genusNemegtosaurus
speciesmongoliensis

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.

†Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis Nowinski 1971
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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: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mongolia (Omnogov) Sauropoda indet. (type locality: 180471)