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Lanzhousaurus magnidens

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Lanzhousaurus magnidens was named by You et al. (2005). Its type specimen is GSLTZP01-001, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhongpu, Lintao, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Lanzhousaurus magnidens You et al. p. 783 figs. 1-3
2008Lanzhousaurus magnidens Chen et al. p. 310
2008Lanzhousaurus magnidens Paul p. 199
2008Lanzhousaurus magnidens You et al. p. 2
2009Lanzhousaurus magnidens Barrett et al. p. 36
2010Lanzhousaurus magnidens Amiot et al. p. 354
2010Lanzhousaurus magnidens Carpenter and Ishida p. 151
2010Lanzhousaurus magnidens McDonald et al. p. 33 fig. 39
2010Lanzhousaurus magnidens Wu et al. p. 127
2011Lanzhousaurus magnidens Wang et al. p. 135
2012Lanzhousaurus magnidens Fujita et al. p. 560
2012Lanzhousaurus magnidens Ramírez-Velasco et al. p. 390
2013Lanzhousaurus magnidens Yang et al. p. 266
2013Lanzhousaurus magnidens Zheng et al.
2014Lanzhousaurus magnidens McDonald et al. p. 44
2016Lanzhousaurus magnidens Xie et al. p. 81
2018Lanzhousaurus magnidens Xu et al. p. 562
2022Lanzhousaurus magnidens Ji and Zhang p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
—Clypeodonta
—Iguanodontia()
—Dryomorpha
—Styracosterna
genusLanzhousaurus
speciesmagnidens

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.

†Lanzhousaurus magnidens You et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. You et al. 2005Lanzhousaurus magnidens is different from all other iguanodontians in possessing large individual teeth and a small tooth count per tooth row, with a mere 14, but ～4 cm-wide, tooth families preserved in a single dentary tooth row.
G. S. Paul 2008*Adults gigantic. Overall massively constructed. Dentary pre-coronoid process length/minimum depth ratio under 5, diastema absent. Teeth *extremely large, maximum tooth positions *14 in dentary, one tooth in each position. Dorsal neural spines moderately tall, *modest withers present. Prepubic process of pubis deep.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
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: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Aptian or 125.77000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2China (Gansu) Lanzhousaurus magnidens (type locality: 83513)