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Xianshanosaurus shijiagouensis

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Taxonomy
Xianshanosaurus shijiagouensis was named by Lü et al. (2009). Its type specimen is KLR-07-62, a set of postcrania (10 caudal vertebrae, one haemal arch, right coracoid, left femur and several thoracic ribs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haoling Village, Liudian Town, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial mudstone in the Haoling Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Xianshanosaurus shijiagouensis Lü et al. p. 51 figs. 7-8
2011Xianshanosaurus shijiagouensis Jiang et al. p. 1150
2012Xianshanosaurus shijiagouensis D'Emic
2013Xianshanosaurus shijiagouensis Yang et al. p. 275
2017Xianshanosaurus shijiagouensis Averianov and Sues p. 194
2023Xianshanosaurus shijiagouensis Poropat et al. p. 38

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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()
Saurischia()
Sauropoda()
Titanosauriformes
Somphospondyli
Euhelopodidae()
genusXianshanosaurus
speciesshijiagouensis

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Xianshanosaurus shijiagouensis Lü et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available