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Wumengosaurus delicatomandibularis
Taxonomy
Wumengosaurus delicatomandibularis was named by Jiang et al. (2008). Its type specimen is GMPKU-P-1210, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Wumengosaurus delicatomandibularis Jiang et al. pp. 1055-1061 figs. 1-6 |
| 2011 | Wumengosaurus delicatomandibularis Wu et al. pp. 71-83 figs. 1-6 |
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†Wumengosaurus delicatomandibularis Jiang et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| X.-C. Wu et al. 2011 | "A small- to medium-sized eosauropterygian differing from others in the following combination of derived characters: skull with an elongated and pointed rostrum; a large number (in excess of 65) of small teeth in both jaws, with basally expanded crowns, and pointed tips; replacement teeth held at base of lingual surface of functional teeth; elongated, elliptical external naris; jugal inserting between postorbital and squamosal posterodorsally; broadened supratemporal arch; frontal with a large posterolateral process approaching supratemporal fenestra; retroarticular process short but robust, with no dorsal fossa; three to five caudal ribs; scapular blade with a distinct distal expansion; interclavicle sharply rhomboidal in outline; plate-like pubis roughly rectangular in outline; plate-like ischium with a short but broad iliac process; metacarpals I and II are similar in length to V and IV, respectively, and metatarsals I and III are similar in length to V and IV, respectively." |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Pelsonian or 244.24000 to 243.33000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Anisian | China (Guizhou) | Wumengosaurus delicatomandibularis (104866) | |
| Pelsonian | China (Guizhou) | Wumengosaurus delicatomandibularis (103987) |