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Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii was named by Borsuk-Bialynicka (1977). Its type specimen is ZPal MgD-I/48, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Altan Ula IV, site 4 [PMPE], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial conglomerate/sandstone in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It was considered monophyletic by Maryanska (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Borsuk-Bialynicka p. 8 figs. 1-19
1981Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Olshevsky p. 39
1990Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii McIntosh pp. 387-388
1993Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Salgado and Coria
1993Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Salgado and Martínez
1994Opisthocoelicaudia sharzynskii Filla and Redman p. 169
1997Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Barsbold p. 449
1997Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Osmólska p. 472
1997Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Salgado et al. p. 5
2000Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Maryanska p. 457
2002Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Wilson p. 275
2003Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Calvo and González Riga
2003Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Santucci and Bertini pp. 252-253
2004Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Franco-Rosas et al. p. 332
2004Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Upchurch et al. p. 270
2004Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii You et al. p. 908
2005Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Apesteguía p. 253 fig. 12.2
2005Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Campos et al. p. 577
2005Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Curry Rogers p. 66
2005Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Kellner et al. p. 536
2005Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Salgado and Coria p. 439
2006Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Kellner et al. p. 2
2006Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Salgado et al. p. 73
2006Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Santucci and Bertini p. 355
2007Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Molnar and Wiffen p. 508
2008Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Allain and Aquesbi p. 400
2008Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Lopes and Buchmann p. 70
2008Opisthocoelus skarzynskii You et al. p. 8 fig. 4
2009Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii González Riga et al. p. 141
2009Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Salgado and Coria p. 12
2009Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Zhang et al. p. 220
2010Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Alifanov and Bolotsky p. 89
2010Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Casal and Ibiricu p. 252
2011Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Filippi et al. p. 5
2011Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Grellet-Tinner et al. p. 625
2011Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Navarrete et al. p. 9
2011Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Saegusa and Tomida p. 257
2012Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii D'Emic
2012Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Vila et al. p. 29
2013Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Poropat p. 113
2014Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii González Riga and Ortiz David p. 12
2014Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Mocho et al.
2015Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Filippi p. 25
2018Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Cau and Madzia p. 1
2020Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynkii Moro et al.
2020Opisthocoelicaudia skarzyinski Páramo et al. p. 370
2021Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Díez Díaz et al. p. 3000
2021Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Ren et al. p. 1877
2022Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Navarro et al. p. 333–334
2023Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Poropat et al. p. 36

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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()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
—Lithostrotia
superfamilySaltasauroideaPowell 1992
—Lohuecosauria
—Saltasauridae()
subfamilyOpisthocoelicaudiinae
genusOpisthocoelicaudia
speciesskarzynskii

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.

†Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii Borsuk-Bialynicka 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesg
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: 2005-08-24 13:39:40
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:39:40
Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

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: 37005)