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Macropodosauropus

Reptilipedia - Saurischipedida - Macropodosauripodidae

Taxonomy

Macropodosauropus was named by Dzhalilov and Novikov (1993). Its type is Macropodosaurus gravis. It is the type genus of Macropodosauripodidae.

It was assigned to Macropodosauripodidae by Dzhailov and Novikov (1993); and to Segnosauripodidae by Nessov (1995).

Species

M. gravis

Synonyms

Macropodosaurus was named by Zakharov (1964). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Macropodosaurus gravis.

It was replaced with Macropodosauropus by Dzhailov and Novikov (1993).

It was assigned to Megalosauroidea by Haubold (1971); to Megalosauroidea by Haubold (1974), Antunes (1976); to Ankylosauria by Avanzini et al. (2001); to Theropoda by Zakharov (1964), Romero Molina et al. (2003); and to Therizinosauroidea by Gierlinski and Lockley (2013).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1964	Macropodosaurus Zakharov p. 32
1971	Macropodosaurus Haubold p. 79
1974	Macropodosaurus Haubold p. 46
1976	Macropodosaurus Antunes p. 20
1993	Macropodosauropus Dzhailov and Novikov p. 55
1993	Macropodosauropus Dzhalilov and Novikov
1995	Macropodosauropus Nessov
2001	Macropodosaurus Avanzini et al. p. 239
2003	Macropodosaurus Romero Molina et al. p. 26
2013	Macropodosaurus Gierlinski and Lockley p. 533

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Rank	Name	Author
class	Reptilipedia	Vyalov 1966
subclass	Archosauripedii	Vyalov 1987
superorder	Dinosauripedidea	Vyalov 1968
order	Saurischipedida	Vyalov 1966
suborder	Theropedina	Vyalov 1987

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Carnosauripodoidei	Vyalov 1987
superfamily	Megalosauripodidae	(Vyalov 1987)
family	Macropodosauripodidae	Vyalov 1987
genus	Macropodosauropus	Dzhalilov and Novikov 1993

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.

G. †Macropodosauropus Dzhalilov and Novikov 1993

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†Macropodosauropus gravis Zakharov 1964

Invalid names: Macropodosaurus Zakharov 1964 [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 106.30000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Tajikistan	Macropodosaurus gravis (59645)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (Utah)	Macropodosaurus sp. (230893)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Morocco (Souss-Massa)	Macropodosaurus sp. (230158)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Poland (Lubelskie)	Macropodosaurus sp. (182634)