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Qingxiusaurus youjiangensis

Reptilia - Saltasauridae

Taxonomy
Qingxiusaurus youjiangensis was named by Mo et al. (2008). Its type specimen is NHMG 8499, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dashi site, Nanning, which is in a Cretaceous terrestrial siltstone in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Qingxiusaurus youjiangensis Mo et al. pp. 152-153 fig. 1
2011Qingxiusaurus youjiangensis Saegusa and Tomida p. 257
2012Qingxiusaurus youjiangensis D'Emic
2017Qingxiusaurus youjiangensis Averianov and Sues p. 194

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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)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
Titanosauria
Lithostrotia
superfamilySaltasauroideaPowell 1992
familySaltasauridae
genusQingxiusaurus
speciesyoujiangensis

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.

Qingxiusaurus youjiangensis Mo et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Late/Upper Cretaceous or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Guangxi) Qingxiusaurus youjiangensis (type locality: 83956)