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Charonosaurus jiayinensis

Reptilia - Hadrosauridae

Taxonomy
Charonosaurus jiayinensis was named by Godefroit et al. (2000). Its type specimen is CUST J-V1251-57, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiayin, which is in a Maastrichtian floodplain sandstone/mudstone in the Yuliangzi Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Charonosaurus jiayinensis Godefroit et al. p. 873 fig. 2
2003Charonosaurus jiayinensis Godefroit et al. p. 147
2004Charonosaurus jiayinensis Godefroit et al. p. 149
2004Charonosaurus jiayinensis Horner et al. p. 441
2006Charonosaurus jiayinensis Lund and Gates p. 271
2007Charonosaurus jiayinensis Evans and Reisz p. 387 fig. 9
2007Charonosaurus jiayinensis Gates et al. p. 926 fig. 10
2008Charonosaurus jiayinensis Godefroit et al. p. 59
2010Charonosaurus jiayinensis Prieto-Marquez and Salinas p. 835 fig. 20
2010Charonosaurus jiayinensis Prieto-Márquez p. 5 fig. 2
2010Charonosaurus jiayinensis Prieto-Márquez and Norell p. 12
2010Charonosaurus jiayinensis Prieto-Márquez and Wagner p. 1243 fig. 3
2010Charonosaurus jiayinensis Wu et al.
2011Charonosaurus jiayinensis Godefroit et al. p. 164
2011Charonosaurus jiayinensis Prieto-Márquez p. 64
2011Charonosaurus jiayinensis Sullivan et al. p. 405
2011Charonosaurus jiayinensis Sun et al. p. 125
2012Charonosaurus jiayinensis Prieto-Marquez et al. p. 11
2012Charonosaurus jiayinensis Prieto-Márquez p. 528
2012Charonosaurus jiayinensis Ramírez-Velasco et al. p. 392
2013Charonosaurus jiayinensis Cruzado-Caballero et al.
2013Charonosaurus jiayinensis Farke et al. p. 34
2014Charonosaurus jiayinensis Bolotsky et al. p. 321
2017Charonosaurus jiayinensis Cruzado-Caballero and Powell p. 9
2018Charonosaurus jiayinensis Fondevilla et al. p. 8
2019Charonosaurus jiayinensis Takasaki et al. p. 5

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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()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
Iguanodontia()
Dryomorpha
Styracosterna
Hadrosauriformes
Hadrosauroidea()
familyHadrosauridae
subfamilyLambeosaurinae
tribeParasaurolophiniGlut 1997
genusCharonosaurus
speciesjiayinensis

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.

Charonosaurus jiayinensis Godefroit et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Godefroit et al. 2011Dorsal surface of parietal regularly rounded, without sagittal crest; lateral side of squamosal nearly completely covered by caudal ramus of postorbital; paroccipital and postcotyloid processes very low, extending only to the mid-height of foramen magnum; alar process of basisphenoid very prominent and symmetrical; caudal crest strongly developed on the humerus; forearm particularly elongated and slender: ratio total length / maximal width of the proximal head' > 6. 3 for the ulna and > 6. 6 for the radius; preacetabular process of ilium very long: ilium length / preacetabular length < 2. 1.
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: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0China (Heilongjiang) Lambeosaurinae indet. (type locality: 37811)