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Yongjinglong datangi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Yongjinglong datangi was named by Li et al. (2014). Its type specimen is GSGM ZH(08)-04, a partial skeleton (Teeth, presacral vertebrae, pectoral girdle and partial forelimb), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guanmengou No. 4 bonebed, which is in a Barremian/Aptian lacustrine siltstone/mudstone in the 5 Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Yongjinglong datangi Li et al. p. 3
2017Yongjinglong datangi Averianov and Sues p. 194

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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()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Somphospondyli
—Euhelopodidae()
genusYongjinglong
speciesdatangi

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.

†Yongjinglong datangi Li et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L.-G. Li et al. 2014Long-crowned, spoon-shaped premaxillary tooth; large, deep lateral pneumatic foramina (pleurocoels) spanning the entirety of the lateral surfaces of the cervical and cervicodorsal vertebrae; a complex ‘‘XI’’- and ‘‘IX’’-shaped configuration of laminae on left and right lateral surfaces of the articulated middle dorsal vertebrae, respectively; low unbifurcated neural spine that, along with the postzygapophyses, forms a cranially-pointing, triangular plate in at least one middle dorsal vertebra; very long scapular blade with exceptionally straight cranial and caudal edges.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Aptian or 129.40000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0China (Gansu) Yongjinglong datangi (type locality: 155994)