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Lufengosaurus

Reptilia - Massospondylidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Lufengosaurus Young
1941Lufengosaurus Young p. 3
1951Lufengosaurus Young p. 50
1956Lufengosaurus Romer p. 618
1958Lufengosaurus Huene p. 205
1959Lufengosaurus Huene p. 120
1964Lufengosaurus Tatarinov p. 542
1965Lufengosaurus Simmons p. 61
1966Lufengosaurus Romer p. 370
1967Lufengosaurus Charig p. 712
1970Lufengosaurus Steel p. 54
1976Lufengosaurus Galton p. 89
1976Lufengosaurus Galton and Cluver p. 147
1977Lufengosaurus Rozhdestvensky p. 112
1978Lufengosaurus Anderson and Cruickshank p. 31
1979Lufengosaurus Heerden
1983Lufengosaurus Zhao p. 302
1985Lufengosaurus Attridge et al. p. 128
1986Lufengosaurus Battail p. 49
1988Lufengosaurus Carroll
1992Lufengosaurus Dong p. 163
1997Lufengosaurus Padian p. 534
1998Lufengosaurus Sereno p. 71 fig. 7
1999Lufengosaurus Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
2004Lufengosaurus Galton and Upchurch p. 234 fig. 12.11
2005Lufengosaurus Barrett et al. p. 807
2005Lufengosaurus Peng et al.
2007Lufengosaurus Smith and Pol p. 670 fig. 7
2007Lufengosaurus Upchurch et al. p. 62 fig. 3
2009Lufengosaurus Martínez p. 162 fig. 22
2010Lufengosaurus Yates p. 750
2011Lufengosaurus Apaldetti et al. p. 16 fig. 13
2011Lufengosaurus Novas et al. p. 341 fig. 4
2013Lufengosaurus Apaldetti et al.
2013Lufengosaurus Otero and Pol
2015Lufengosaurus McPhee et al. p. 19 fig. 12
2019Lufengosaurus Chapelle et al.

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

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. †Lufengosaurus Young 1940
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Lufengosaurus huenei Young 1940
Lufengosaurus magnus Young 1941
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C.-C. Young 1951From large to gigantic size plateosauridae, Prosauropoda. Skull small. Teeth,, with short crown and long strong root. They are weakly spatulated and with coarse anterior and posterior serrations. Vertebrae number: neck, 10$ dorsal 14?; sacrum, 5 and caudal 45 or more. Pectoral girdle with well ossified sternum. Pubes weakly constructed. Tibia comparatively short. Mt. Ill is rather long. Anterior limbs are very short. Hand and foot with the firet claw are especially strong.
P. M. Barrett et al. 2005(cranial features only). Lufengosaurus can be diagnosed on the basis of the following autapomorphies: distinct tuberosity on lateral surface of ascending process of maxilla; low boss on central portion of jugal at junction of the three jugal processes; prominent boss on dorsal surface of rostrolateral process of parietal; and presence of ridge on caudal part of lateral surface of maxilla. In addition, Lufengosaurus possesses a unique combination of character states not present in any other basal sauropodomorph.
G. Peng et al. 2005Medium-sized prosauropod characterized by moderately elongated skull with triangular naris and large, rounded orbit; short but deep antorbital fenestra; supratemporal openings facing dorsally; straight and slightly compressed teeth with small serrations along anterior and posterior margins; long neck; presacrals rather massive; 10 cervicals, 14 dorsals, 3 sacrals and 45 caudals; long and narrow scapula; elliptical-shaped sterna; short forelimb; radius lacking radial crest; long hindlimb; tibia shorter than femur; digit I of manus and pes strongly proportioned; and digits IV and V reduced.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Entire body: yesg
Maximum body mass: 3000 kgg
Minimum body mass: 1000 kgg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2005-08-24 13:33:16
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:33:16
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Peczkis 1995, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Bajocian or 201.30000 to 168.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3China (Yunnan) L. huenei (173377) L. huenei, L. magnus (49501 49503)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8China (Yunnan) L. magnus (71803)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.3 - 174.1China (Xizang) L. changduensis (165590)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8China (Yunnan) L. huenei (94783) L. huenei, L. magnus (49773 66926 71802) L. sp. (206023) L. sp., L. hueni (78994) L. sp., L. magnus, L. hueni (78993) L. sp., L. magnus, L. hueni, Yunnanosaurus huangi (72091) Saurischia indet. (59352) Sinosaurus triassicus, Saurischia indet. (59348)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3China (Sichuan) L. magnus (227429)