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Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis was named by You et al. (2006). Its type specimen is GSLTZP02-001, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 2, Liujiaxia, Lanzhou Basin, which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Upper Formation of China.

It was corrected as Huanghetitan liujianxensis by Cerda et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis You et al. pp. 668-669 figs. Pl. 1-3
2007Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis Lü et al. p. 168
2007Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis Wang et al. p. 914
2008Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis You et al. p. 2
2012Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis D'Emic
2012Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis Fujita et al. p. 560
2013Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis Yang et al. p. 266
2014Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis Li et al. p. 1
2014Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis Saegusa and Ikeda p. 53
2015Huanghetitan liujianxensis Cerda et al. p. 14
2016Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis Mocho et al. p. 243

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Somphospondyli
genusHuanghetitan
speciesliujiaxiaensis

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.

†Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis You et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. You et al. 2006Same as for genus.
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: base of the Barremian to the top of the Aptian or 129.40000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0China (Gansu) Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis (type locality: 84711)