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Utatsusaurus hataii
Taxonomy
Utatsusaurus hataii was named by Shikama and Kamei (1978). Its type specimen is IGPS 95941, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tatezaki, which is in an Olenekian marine sandstone/shale in the Osawa Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Utatsusaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Utatsusaurus hataii Shikama and Kamei p. 83 figs. Plates 1-9, Figs. 6-12 |
| 1997 | Utatsusaurus hataii Motani |
| 1998 | Utatsusaurus hataii Motani et al. p. 255 |
| 2000 | Utatsusaurus hataii Maisch and Matzke p. 61 |
| 2003 | Utatsusaurus hataii McGowan and Motani |
| 2010 | Utatsusaurus hataii Maisch |
| 2016 | Utatsusaurus hataii Ji et al. p. 3 |
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†Utatsusaurus hataii Shikama and Kamei 1978
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. Ji et al. 2016 | Tooth size relative to skull width small; humerus proximal and distal width nearly equal; propodial C epipodial longer than manus; medium-sized ichthyopterygian, approaching 3 m in total length. |
Measurements
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