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Bolong yixianensis

Reptilia - Iguanodontidae

Taxonomy
Bolong yixianensis was named by Wu et al. (2010). Its type specimen is YHZ-001, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bataigou, Toutai, Yixian, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Yixian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Bolong yixianensis Wu et al. pp. 127-128 figs. 1-3
2012Bolong yixianensis Wu and Godefroit p. 294 figs. 19.1-19.11
2013Bolong yixianensis Zheng et al.
2014Bolong yixianensis McDonald et al. p. 44
2016Bolong yixianensis Fuentes Vidarte et al. p. 435
2018Bolong yixianensis Gates et al. p. 15
2019Bolong yixianensis Párraga and Prieto-Márquez p. 251
2021Bolong yixianensis Santos-Cubedo et al. p. 15
2022Bolong yixianensis Ji and Zhang 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
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
—Clypeodonta
—Iguanodontia()
—Dryomorpha
—Ankylopollexia
—Neoiguanodontia
familyIguanodontidae
genusBolong
speciesyixianensis

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.

†Bolong yixianensis Wu et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 130.00000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Nei Mongol) Bolong yixianensis (150366)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46China (Liaoning) Bolong yixianensis (type locality: 100540)