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Jintasaurus meniscus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Jintasaurus meniscus was named by You and Li (2009). Its type specimen is FRDC: GJ 06-2-52, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiuquan area, which is in an Aptian terrestrial mudstone in the Xiagou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Jintasaurus meniscus You and Li
2010Jintasaurus meniscus McDonald et al. p. 32
2011Jintasaurus meniscus Prieto-Márquez p. 774
2012Jintasaurus meniscus Ramírez-Velasco et al. p. 392
2013Jintasaurus meniscus Yang et al. p. 275
2013Jintasaurus meniscus Zheng et al.
2014Jintasaurus meniscus McDonald et al. p. 44
2014Jintasaurus meniscus You et al. p. 73
2015Jintasaurus meniscus Verdú et al. p. 256
2016Jintasaurus meniscus Fuentes Vidarte et al. p. 442
2017Jintasaurus meniscus Cruzado-Caballero and Powell p. 11
2019Jintasaurus meniscus Morschhauser et al. p. 36
2019Jintasaurus meniscus You et al. p. 4
2021Jintasaurus meniscus Verdú et al. p. 4
2022Jintasaurus meniscus Ji and Zhang p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
Iguanodontia()
Dryomorpha
Styracosterna
Hadrosauriformes
Hadrosauroidea()
genusJintasaurus
speciesmeniscus

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.

Jintasaurus meniscus You and Li 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Aptian or 125.00000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Gansu) Jintasaurus meniscus (type locality: 103990)