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Tangvayosaurus hoffeti

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Tangvayosaurus hoffeti was named by Allain et al. (1999). It is not extant. Its type specimen is TV4-1 to TV4-36. Its type locality is Ban Tâng Vai 2, which is in an Aptian/Albian floodplain siltstone/mudstone in the Grès supérieurs Formation of Laos.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Tangvayosaurus hoffeti Allain et al. p. 611 figs. 1-3
2002Tangvayosaurus hoffeti Buffetaut et al. p. 99
2002Tangvayosaurus hoffeti Wilson p. 249
2004Tangvayosaurus hoffeti Upchurch et al. p. 268
2007Tangvayosaurus hoffeti Buffetaut et al. p. 342
2012Tangvayosaurus hoffeti D'Emic
2016Tangvayosaurus hoffeti Mo et al. p. 149
2023Tangvayosaurus hoffeti Poropat et al. p. 38

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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()
genusTangvayosaurus
specieshoffeti

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.

†Tangvayosaurus hoffeti Allain et al. 1999
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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 Aptian to the top of the Albian or 121.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Laos (Savannakhet) Tangvayosaurus hoffeti (type locality: 45091 45092)