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Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus

Reptilia - Therizinosauridae

Taxonomy
Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus was named by Kobayashi et al. (2022). Its type specimen is NMV-52, a set of postcrania (partial vertebra and partial manus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Confluence of Rubeshibe River and 36 Ten-zawa Creek, which is in a Campanian marginal marine mudstone in the Osoushinai Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Paralitherizinosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptoriformes
—TherizinosauriaRussell 1997
superfamilyTherizinosauroidea
familyTherizinosauridae
genusParalitherizinosaurus
speciesjaponicus

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.

†Paralitherizinosaurus japonicus Kobayashi et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available