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Janenschia

Reptilia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Janenschia Wild p. 2
1995Janenschia Hunt et al. p. 265
1995Janenschia Upchurch p. 255
1996Janenschia Jacobs et al. p. 602
1997Janenschia McIntosh p. 658
1997Janenschia Salgado and Calvo p. 43
1998Janenschia Wilson and Sereno p. 22
2000Janenschia Bonaparte et al. p. 46
2002Janenschia Wilson p. 248
2004Janenschia Upchurch et al. p. 268
2005Janenschia Apesteguía p. 332
2005Janenschia Curry Rogers pp. 69-71 figs. 2.11-2.13
2005Janenschia Salgado and Coria p. 439
2006Janenschia Moser et al. p. 46
2011Janenschia Mannion and Calvo
2012Janenschia D'Emic
2013Janenschia Mannion et al.
2019Janenschia Mannion et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
genusJanenschia

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. †Janenschia Wild 1991
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Janenschia robusta Fraas 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Maximum body mass: 30000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 10000 kgg
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: 2005-08-25 06:11:52
Modified: 2005-08-25 08:11:52
Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder
References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875

Age range: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Tanzania (Lindi) Gigantosaurus robustus (47139 47154)