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Tiantaisaurus

Osteichthyes - Therizinosauridae

Taxonomy
Tiantaisaurus was named by Qian et al. (2012). Its type is Tiantaisaurus sifengensis.

It was assigned to Therizinosauridae by Qian et al. (2012).

Species
T. sifengensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Tiantaisaurus Qian et al. p. 339

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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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptoriformes
—TherizinosauriaRussell 1997
superfamilyTherizinosauroidea
familyTherizinosauridae
genusTiantaisaurus

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.

G. †Tiantaisaurus Qian et al. 2012
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†Tiantaisaurus sifengensis Qian et al. 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialsuperf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingsuperf
Diet: herbivoresuperf
Reproduction: oviparoussuperf
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-11 17:03:44
Modified: 2005-09-12 00:03:44
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Holtz et al. 2000, Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5China (Zhejiang) T. sifengensis (175968)