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Koreanosaurus boseongensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Koreanosaurus boseongensis was named by Huh et al. (2011). Its type specimen is KDRC-BB2, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Boseong Bibong-ri Dinosaur Egg Site 5, which is in a Campanian alluvial fan mudstone/sandstone in the Seonso Conglomerate Formation of South Korea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Koreanosaurus boseongensis Gates et al. p. 9
2011Koreanosaurus boseongensis Huh et al. figs. 3-17
2012Koreanosaurus boseongensis Zheng et al. p. 208
2016Koreanosaurus boseongensis Kim et al. p. 13
2018Koreanosaurus boseongensis Madzia et al. p. 969
2019Koreanosaurus boseongensis Cruzado-Caballero et al. p. 216
2019Koreanosaurus boseongensis Ibiricu et al. p. 280
2020Koreanosaurus boseongensis Dieudonné 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()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
subfamilyOrodrominae
genusKoreanosaurus
speciesboseongensis

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.

†Koreanosaurus boseongensis Huh et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Huh et al. 2011Basal ornithopod characterized by the following derived characters. Elongated anterior cervicals: ratio ‘maximum length from pre-to postzygapophyses/transverse width across postzygapohyses’ about 2.7 for cervicals 4 and 5; blade-like keel on ventral surface of all cervical centra, sharp ventral keel on centra of at least the first seven dorsals (also in Oryctodromeus and Orodromeus); fused scapulocoracoid plate (also in Oryctodromeus); highly-keeled posterior border of proximal ulna (also in Orodromeus); femoral head and shaft forming an obtuse 135° angle; femoral head anteroposteriorly elongated; low hindlimb ratio of 1.07 for tibia/femur.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1South Korea (Jeollanam-do) Koreanosaurus boseongensis (52983 type locality: 98685)