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Ruyangosaurus giganteus
Taxonomy
Ruyangosaurus giganteus was named by Lü et al. (2009). Its type specimen is 41HIII-0002, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shengshuigou, Shaping village, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial horizon in the Haoling Formation of China. It is the type species of Ruyangosaurus.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2009 | Ruyangosaurus giganteus Lü et al. p. 2 figs. 2-441HIII-0002 |
2011 | Ruyangosaurus giganteus Jiang et al. p. 1150 |
2011 | Ruyangosaurus giganteus Saegusa and Tomida p. 257 |
2011 | Ruyangosaurus giganteus Xu et al. p. 213 |
2012 | Ruyangosaurus giganteus D'Emic |
2013 | Ruyangosaurus gianteus Yang et al. p. 275 |
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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.
†Ruyangosaurus giganteus Lü et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
Reference: Marsh 1875 |
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Aptian - Albian | China (Henan) | Ruyangosaurus giganteus (type locality: 95795) |