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Datanglong guangxiensis

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Datanglong guangxiensis was named by Mo et al. (2014). Its type specimen is GMG 00001, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nazao village, Datang, which is in an Aptian terrestrial marl/sandstone in the Xinlong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Datanglong guangxiensis Mo et al. p. 1051–1052 fig. 2–4
2016Datanglong guangxiensis Mo et al. p. 150

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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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
superfamilyAllosauroidea
—Carcharodontosauria
genusDatanglong
speciesguangxiensis

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.

†Datanglong guangxiensis Mo et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Mo et al. 2014Large-bodied Carcharodontosauria (body length estimated about 8–9 m) with the following unique association of features: posteriormost dorsal vertebra with teardrop-shaped pneumatic foramen confined by enlarged pcdl, acpl and centrum; posteriormost dorsal with well developed, horizontal prpl; posteriormost dorsal with parapophysis projecting more laterally than the diapophysis; brevis fossa shallow with short, ridge-like medial blade; iliac pubic peduncle with posteroventrally expanded margin.