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Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis

Reptilia - Neovenatoridae

Taxonomy
Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis was named by Dong (1979). It is not extant. Its type locality is Zhongdai, Tangxi (IVPP), which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Tangshang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis Dong p. 348
1983Chilantaisaurus zhejiangensis Chen p. 128
1986Chilantaisaurus zhejiangensis Yang et al. p. 151
1986Chilantaisaurus zhejiangensis Zhao p. 68
1992Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis Dong p. 165
2012Chilantaisaurus zhejiangensis Qian et al. p. 337

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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
specieszheziangensis

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.

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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
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: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: Santonian or 86.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6China (Zhejiang) Chilantaisaurus zheziangensis (type locality: 58445)