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Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum was named by Dong (1997). Its type specimen is IVPP V.11120, a set of vertebrae (posterior cervical vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Qiketai, Turpan (Hudiesaurus type locality), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial horizon in the Kalazha Formation of China. It is the type species of Hudiesaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Dong p. 102 figs. 1-5
1998Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Dong p. 82
2001Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Dong p. 100
2004Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Upchurch et al. p. 263
2019Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Maisch and Matzke p. 113
2021Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Upchurch et al.

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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()
genusHudiesaurus
speciessinojapanorum

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.

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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 Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 152.21000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Tithonian152.21 - 143.1China (Xinjiang) Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum (type locality: 45172)