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Alioramus sinensis

Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae

Taxonomy
Qianzhousaurus sinensis was named by Lü et al. (2014). Its type specimen is GM F10004-1, a skeleton (A nearly complete skull and most of the left lower jaw (GM F10004-1); nine cervical vertebrae (GM F10004-2); three anterior dorsal vertebrae (GM F10004-3); 18 m), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Longling Town, Nankang, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in China.

It was recombined as Alioramus sinensis by Carr et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Qianzhousaurus sinensis Dalman p. 174
2014Qianzhousaurus sinensis Lü et al. p. 2
2016Qianzhousaurus sinensis Wang et al. p. 2
2017Alioramus sinensis Carr et al. p. 6
2018Qianzhousaurus sinensis McDonald et al. 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()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
superfamilyTyrannosauroidea
familyTyrannosauridae
subfamilyTyrannosaurinae
genusAlioramus
speciessinensis()

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.

Alioramus sinensis Lü et al. 2014
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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: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0China (Jiangxi) Qianzhousaurus sinensis (type locality: 147070)