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Shenzhousaurus orientalis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Shenzhousaurus orientalis was named by Ji et al. (2003). Its type specimen is NGMC 97-4-002 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sihetun, lower Yixian (general), which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine shale/siltstone in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Shenzhousaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Shenzhousaurus orientalis Ji et al. p. 2 figs. 1-2, 4-11
2004Shenzhousaurus orientalis Makovicky et al. p. 138
2006Shenzhousaurus orientalis Buffetaut et al. p. 27
2006Shenzhousaurus orientalis Kobayashi and Barsbold p. 203
2007Shenzhousaurus orientalis Turner et al. p. 26
2008Shenzhousaurus orientalis Cerda p. 351
2009Shenzhousaurus orientalis Buffetaut et al. p. 233
2009Shenzhousaurus orientalis Xing et al. p. 706
2011Shenzhousaurus orientalis Gianechini et al. p. 285
2011Shenzhousaurus orientalis Xu et al. p. 218
2015Shenzhousaurus orientalis Alifanov and Saveliev p. 638
2016Shenzhousaurus orientalis Claessens and Loewen p. 11 fig. 10
2016Shenzhousaurus orientalis McFeeters et al. p. 17 fig. 14
2017Shenzhousaurus orientalis Sereno p. 577
2020Shenzhousaurus orientalis Yang et al. p. 2

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptoriformes
—Arctometatarsalia
infraorderOrnithomimosauria
genusShenzhousaurus
speciesorientalis

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.

†Shenzhousaurus orientalis Ji et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10infrao
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0infrao
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Diet 2: omnivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2005-03-06 14:09:12
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:09:33
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Averianov and Yarkov 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Liaoning) Shenzhousaurus orientalis (type locality: 52888)