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Liujianpus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Liujianpus was named by Xing et al. (2016). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Liujianpus shunan.

It was assigned to Sauropoda by Salisbury et al. (2016); and to Sauropodomorpha by Xing et al. (2016).

Species
L. shunan (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Liujianpus Salisbury et al. p. 47
2016Liujianpus Xing et al. p. 886

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
genusLiujianpus

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.

G. †Liujianpus Xing et al. 2016
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Liujianpus shunan Xing et al. 2016
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Xing et al. 2016Trackway of large quadruped with elongate, tetradactyl, outwardly rotated pes with length of digit III> IV = II > I and a sole area divided by a transverse crease. Manus pentadactyl to semi-circular and strongly rotated outward. Differs from other sauropodomorph tracks by the presence of four nearly equidimensional, elongate pes digit traces oriented subparallel to the pes axis and a sub-circular manus with five discrete blunt digit traces. Combines some features of otozoid tracks with those of sauropod tracks such as Brontopodus