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Chilantaisaurus

Reptilia - Neovenatoridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Chilantaisaurus Hu p. 56
1966Chilantaisaurus Kuhn p. 96
1966Chilantaiosaurus Romer p. 369
1970Chilantaisaurus Steel p. 31
1977Chilantaisaurus Rozhdestvensky p. 112
1978Chilantaisaurus Dong et al.
1979Chilantaisaurus Dong
1984Chilantaisaurus Buscalioni and Sanz p. 12
1988Chilantaisaurus Carroll
1988Chilantaisaurus Paul p. 6
1989Chilantaisaurus Kurzanov p. 4
1990Chilantaisaurus Molnar et al. p. 189
1992Chilantaisaurus Dong p. 165
1997Chilantaisaurus Sereno p. 456
1999Chilantaisaurus Knoll et al. p. 105
2003Chilantaisaurus Rauhut p. 146
2004Chilantaisaurus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 73
2005Chilantaisaurus Yates p. 118 fig. 9
2007Chilantaisaurus Li et al. p. 545
2008Chilantaisaurus Benson and Xing p. 788
2010Chilantaisaurus Benson et al. p. 75
2012Chilantaisaurus Allain et al. p. 375
2012Chilantaisaurus Carrano et al. p. 248 fig. 7
2020Chilantaisaurus Malafaia et al. p. 432

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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()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
superfamilyAllosauroidea
familyNeovenatoridae
genusChilantaisaurus

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.

G. †Chilantaisaurus Hu 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Maximum body mass: 3000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 1000 kgg
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-08-24 13:09:43
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:09:43
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Santonian or 93.90000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8China (Nei Mongol) C. tashuikouensis (66925)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6China (Zhejiang) C. zheziangensis (58445)