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Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis

Osteichthyes - Neovenatoridae

Taxonomy
Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis was named by Hu (1964). Its type specimen is IVPP V.2884, a set of limb elements (right humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tashuikou, which is in a Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Ulansuhai Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Hu p. 56 figs. 1-8
1965Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Rozhdestvensky
1970Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Osmólska and Roniewicz p. 18
1970Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Steel p. 31
1974Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Rozhdestvensky p. 147
1977Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Perle p. 111
1980Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Chao
1986Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Zhao p. 71
1988Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Paul p. 314
1990Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Molnar et al. p. 189
1992Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Dong p. 165
2003Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Rauhut p. 29
2004Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 73
2005Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Yates p. 118
2007Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Li et al. p. 545
2008Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Benson et al. p. 423
2008Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Benson and Xing p. 779 figs. 1-7
2009Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Brusatte et al. p. 1052
2010Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Benson et al. p. 75
2012Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Allain et al. p. 375
2012Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Carrano et al. p. 226
2012Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis White et al. p. 21
2013Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Novas et al. p. 189
2016Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Coria and Currie p. 2
2018Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Aureliano et al. p. 286
2020Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Lamanna et al. p. 256
2020Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Malafaia et al. p. 432
2022Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis Aranciaga Rolando et al. p. 227

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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()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
superfamilyAllosauroidea
familyNeovenatoridae
genusChilantaisaurus
speciestashuikouensis

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. B. J. Benson and X. Xing 2008Tetanuran theropod with the following autapomorphies of the humerus: subrectangular, anteromedially curving deltopectoral crest that protrudes almost as far anteriorly as it is long proximodistally and bears a pitted scar on its anterior surface (modified from Rauhut, 2003), and an obliquely oriented ulnar condyle.
M. T. Carrano et al. 2012Tetanuran theropod with: (1) subrectangular, anteromedially curving humeral deltopectoral crest protruding almost as far anteriorly as it is long proximodistally, and bearing pitted scar on anterior surface (Rauhut 2003; Benson & Xu 2008); and (2) obliquely oriented radial (lateral) condyle of humerus (Benson & Xu 2008).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-08-24 13:09:43
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:09:43
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8China (Nei Mongol) Chilantaisaurus tashuikouensis (type locality: 66925)