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Yamatosaurus izanagii

Reptilia - Hadrosauridae

Taxonomy
Yamatosaurus izanagii was named by Kobayashi et al. (2021). Its type specimen is MNHAH D1-033516, a partial skeleton (dentary, surangular, teeth, vertebrae, coracoid), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aw14, Mitsugawa, which is in a Maastrichtian marine mudstone in the Kita-ama Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Yamatosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Yamatosaurus izanagii Kobayashi 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
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
—Clypeodonta
—Iguanodontia()
—Dryomorpha
—Styracosterna
—Hadrosauriformes
—Hadrosauroidea()
familyHadrosauridae
genusYamatosaurus
speciesizanagii

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.

†Yamatosaurus izanagii Kobayashi et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available