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Khurendukhosaurus orlovi

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Khurendukhosaurus orlovi was named by Sigogneau-Russell and Efimov (1984). Its type specimen is PIN 3386/3, a set of postcrania (partial postcranium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khuren-Dukh (PIN coll. 3386) [SMPE], which is in an Albian/Albian lacustrine - large sandstone/claystone in the Khuren Dukh Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Khurendukhosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Khurendukhosaurus orlovi Sigogneau-Russell and Efimov
2000Khurendukhosaurus orlovi Efimov and Storrs
2009Khurendukhosaurus orlovi Matsumoto et al. p. 235

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Choristodera()
genusKhurendukhosaurus
speciesorlovi

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.

†Khurendukhosaurus orlovi Sigogneau-Russell and Efimov 1984
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Matsumoto et al. 2009Medium-sized (approximately 1 m total length) choristodere characterized by closed neurocentral sutures; anteroposteriorly elongated neural spines with transversely expanded, rugose, spine tables on dorsal vertebrae; tall, narrow caudal vertebral neural spines; and a waisted ilium with an almost rectangular iliac blade patterned by coarse anteroposterior ridges.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 110.10000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Mongolia (Dornogov) Khurendukhosaurus orlovi (type locality: 52007)