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Janenschia robusta
Taxonomy
Gigantosaurus robustus was named by Fraas (1908). Its type specimen is SMNS 12144, a set of limb elements (right hindlimb), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tendaguru Quarry B, which is in a Tithonian estuary/bay marl in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania. It is the type species of Tornieria.
It was recombined as Tornieria robusta by Sternfeld (1911), Stromer (1932), Kuhn (1939), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Jain et al. (1979), Paul (1988), Buffetaut (1989), McIntosh (1990) and Bedell and Trexler (2005); it was recombined as Barosaurus robustus by Haughton (1928); it was recombined as Janenschia robusta by Wild (1991), Salgado and Calvo (1993), Chinsamy (1997), Salgado and Calvo (1997), Bonaparte et al. (2000), Wilson (2002), Upchurch et al. (2004), Salgado and Coria (2005), Apesteguía (2005), McIntosh (2005), Curry Rogers (2005), Mateus (2006), Moser et al. (2006), Remes (2007), Mezga et al. (2007), Santos et al. (2009), D'Emic (2012), Le Loeuff et al. (2012), Mannion et al. (2019) and Apesteguía et al. (2021).
It was recombined as Tornieria robusta by Sternfeld (1911), Stromer (1932), Kuhn (1939), Steel (1970), Swinton (1970), Jain et al. (1979), Paul (1988), Buffetaut (1989), McIntosh (1990) and Bedell and Trexler (2005); it was recombined as Barosaurus robustus by Haughton (1928); it was recombined as Janenschia robusta by Wild (1991), Salgado and Calvo (1993), Chinsamy (1997), Salgado and Calvo (1997), Bonaparte et al. (2000), Wilson (2002), Upchurch et al. (2004), Salgado and Coria (2005), Apesteguía (2005), McIntosh (2005), Curry Rogers (2005), Mateus (2006), Moser et al. (2006), Remes (2007), Mezga et al. (2007), Santos et al. (2009), D'Emic (2012), Le Loeuff et al. (2012), Mannion et al. (2019) and Apesteguía et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1908 | Gigantosaurus robustus Fraas p. lxxxvi |
1909 | Gigantosaurus robustus Janensch p. 500 |
1911 | Gigantosaurus robustus Fraas p. 40 |
1911 | Tornieria robusta Sternfeld p. 398 |
1912 | Gigantosaurus robustus Fraas p. 19 |
1914 | Gigantosaurus robustus Hennig p. 418 |
1914 | Gigantosaurus robustus Janensch p. 82 |
1915 | Gigantosaurus robustus Lull pp. 328-329 |
1928 | Barosaurus robustus Haughton p. 71 |
1932 | Tornieria robusta Stromer p. 7 |
1939 | Tornieria robusta Kuhn p. 87 |
1970 | Tornieria robusta Steel p. 78 |
1970 | Tornieria robusta Swinton p. 184 |
1979 | Tornieria robusta Jain et al. p. 206 |
1988 | Tornieria robusta Paul p. 9 |
1989 | Tornieria robusta Buffetaut p. 439 |
1990 | Tornieria robusta McIntosh p. 352 |
1991 | Janenschia robusta Wild pp. 2-3 |
1993 | Janenschia robusta Salgado and Calvo p. 216 |
1997 | Janenschia robusta Chinsamy p. 677 |
1997 | Janenschia robusta Salgado and Calvo p. 43 |
2000 | Janenschia robusta Bonaparte et al. pp. 32-33 |
2002 | Janenschia robusta Wilson p. 248 |
2003 | Gigantosaurus robustus Maier p. 14 |
2004 | Janenschia robusta Upchurch et al. p. 268 |
2005 | Janenschia robusta Apesteguía p. 329 |
2005 | Tornieria robusta Bedell, Jr. and Trexler p. 303 |
2005 | Janenschia robusta Curry Rogers p. 66 |
2005 | Janenschia robusta McIntosh p. 61 |
2005 | Janenschia robusta Salgado and Coria p. 439 |
2006 | Janenschia robusta Mateus p. 231 |
2006 | Janenschia robusta Moser et al. p. 46 |
2007 | Janenschia robusta Mezga et al. p. 197 |
2007 | Janenschia robusta Remes p. 654 |
2009 | Janenschia robusta Santos et al. p. 419 |
2012 | Janenschia robusta D'Emic |
2012 | Janenschia robusta Le Loeuff et al. p. 488 |
2019 | Janenschia robusta Mannion et al. |
2021 | Janenschia robusta Apesteguía et al. |
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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.
†Janenschia robusta Fraas 1908
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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E. Fraas 1908 | mit gedrungenem, aber sehr kräftigem Bau der Hinterextremitât. [with stocky, but very strong construction of the hindlimb.] |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder | |||||
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995 |