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Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis

Reptilia - Nqwebasauridae

Taxonomy
Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis was named by Alifanov and Saveliev (2015). Its type specimen is PIN 5435/1, a set of limb elements (partial L manus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kulinda, which is in a Bathonian/Jurassic lacustrine - large siltstone/claystone in the Ukureyskaya Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Lepidocheirosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis Alifanov and Saveliev p. 640 figs. Pl. 12:1–5
2018Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis Alifanov p. 1634

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptoriformes
—Arctometatarsalia
infraorderOrnithomimosauria
familyNqwebasauridae
genusLepidocheirosaurus
speciesnatatilis

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.

†Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis Alifanov and Saveliev 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10infrao
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0infrao
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Diet 2: omnivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2005-03-06 14:09:12
Modified: 2005-09-11 19:09:33
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Averianov and Yarkov 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Jurassic or 167.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian - Late/Upper Jurassic167.7 - 145.0Russian Federation (Zabaykal'ye) Lepidocheirosaurus natatilis (type locality: 159014)