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Lufengosaurus magnus
Taxonomy
Lufengosaurus magnus was named by Young (1941) [Nomen vanum in this paper.]. Its type specimen is IVPP V.82, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tachung, Lufeng, which is in a Hettangian terrestrial mudstone in the Lufeng Formation of China.
It was synonymized subjectively with Lufengosaurus huenei by Rozhdestvensky (1965), Galton and Cluver (1976), Rozhdestvensky (1977), Smith and Pol (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Lufengosaurus huenei by Rozhdestvensky (1965), Galton and Cluver (1976), Rozhdestvensky (1977), Smith and Pol (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1941 | Lufengosaurus magnus Bien p. 174 |
| 1941 | Lufengosaurus magnus Young p. 174 |
| 1942 | Lufengosaurus magnus Young p. 238 |
| 1944 | Lufengosaurus magnus Young p. 4 |
| 1946 | Lufengosaurus magnus Young p. 5 |
| 1947 | Lufengosaurus magnus Young p. 1 |
| 1951 | Lufengosaurus magnus Young p. 55 |
| 1961 | Lufengosaurus magnus Hu p. 279 |
| 1965 | Lufengosaurus magnus Simmons p. 62 |
| 1966 | Lufengosaurus magnus Young p. 65 |
| 1967 | Lufengosaurus magnus Charig p. 712 |
| 1970 | Lufengosaurus magnus Steel p. 54 |
| 1984 | Lufengosaurus magnus Dong p. 313 |
| 1992 | Lufengosaurus magnus Dong p. 163 |
| 2005 | Lufengosaurus magnus Peng et al. |
| 2009 | Lufengosaurus magnus Xing et al. p. 17 |
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†Lufengosaurus magnus Young 1941
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C.-C. Young 1951 | Size one third larger than L. huenei, Vertebrae robust. Centrum large and short. Scapula strongly bented. Humerus-radius extremely short and massive. Hand short. Pelvic girdle massive, ilium long. Ischium comparatively weakly built. Pubis long and slender with thickened distal end. Tibia relatively long as compared with the femur. Mt. IIl one half in length of the tibia. Both the hand and the foot are built in the same way as in the case of L. huenei. Anterior leg is much shorter as compared with the whole posterior leg. | |
| G. Peng et al. 2005 | Relatively larger prosauropod recognized by relatively heavy body; robust vertebrae with bigger but shorter centra; strongly arched scapula; humerus and radius short but massive; shortened metacarpals; very big pelvic girdle; long ilium; slender pedal phalanges with thickened distal end; elongated tibia; metatarsal I 1/2 of length of tibia; and both manus and pes completely developed. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Peczkis 1995, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Bajocian or 201.40000 to 168.20000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hettangian | China (Yunnan) | Lufengosaurus magnus (49501 type locality: 49503) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | China (Yunnan) | Lufengosaurus magnus (71803) | |
| Sinemurian | China (Yunnan) | Lufengosaurus magnus (49773 66926 71802 72091 78993) Saurischia indet. (59348 59352) | |
| Aalenian - Bajocian | China (Sichuan) | Lufengosaurus magnus (227429) |