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Jiangjunosaurus junggarensis

Reptilia - Stegosauridae

Taxonomy
Jiangjunosaurus junggarensis was named by Jia et al. (2007). Its type specimen is IVPP V 14724, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiangjunmiao (IVPP), which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial horizon in the Shishugou Formation of China. It is the type species of Jiangjunosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Jiangjunosaurus junggarensis Jia et al. pp. 351-352 figs. 1-3
2010Jiangjunosaurus junggarensis Maidment p. 206
2014Jiangjunosaurus junggarensis Ulansky 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()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Thyreophora()
Stegosauria()
familyStegosauridae
genusJiangjunosaurus
speciesjunggarensis

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.

Jiangjunosaurus junggarensis Jia et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Jia et al. 2007A stegosaur different from other species in the following features: tooth crowns symmetrical and proportionally wide mesiodistally; a sub-rectangular axial neural spine; and large openings on the lateral surface of the posterior cervical centra.
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: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:52
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:52
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Oxfordian or 163.50000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3China (Xinjiang) Jiangjunosaurus junggarensis (type locality: 91319)