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Vulcanodon
Taxonomy
Vulcanodon was named by Raath (1972). It is the type genus of Vulcanodontidae.
It was assigned to Melanorosauridae by Raath (1972) and Carroll (1988); to Barapasauridae by Hunt et al. (1995); to Sauropoda by Molnar (1980), Benton (1990), Salgado et al. (1997), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Wilson and Sereno (1998), Sereno (1999), Sereno et al. (1999), Wilson (2002), Upchurch et al. (2004), Royo-Torres et al. (2006) and Moser et al. (2006); to Vulcanodontidae by Bonaparte (1986), Bonaparte (1986), McIntosh (1990), McIntosh (1990), Upchurch (1995), Upchurch (1995), McIntosh (1997), Dong (1998), Allain et al. (2004) and Allain and Aquesbi (2008); to Gravisauria by Yates (2010); and to Sauropoda by Bandyopadhyay et al. (2003), Upchurch et al. (2007), Smith and Pol (2007), Suteethorn et al. (2010), Bandyopadhyay et al. (2010), Sekiya (2011), Otero and Pol (2013), Mocho et al. (2014) and Xing et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Melanorosauridae by Raath (1972) and Carroll (1988); to Barapasauridae by Hunt et al. (1995); to Sauropoda by Molnar (1980), Benton (1990), Salgado et al. (1997), Sereno (1997), Sereno (1998), Wilson and Sereno (1998), Sereno (1999), Sereno et al. (1999), Wilson (2002), Upchurch et al. (2004), Royo-Torres et al. (2006) and Moser et al. (2006); to Vulcanodontidae by Bonaparte (1986), Bonaparte (1986), McIntosh (1990), McIntosh (1990), Upchurch (1995), Upchurch (1995), McIntosh (1997), Dong (1998), Allain et al. (2004) and Allain and Aquesbi (2008); to Gravisauria by Yates (2010); and to Sauropoda by Bandyopadhyay et al. (2003), Upchurch et al. (2007), Smith and Pol (2007), Suteethorn et al. (2010), Bandyopadhyay et al. (2010), Sekiya (2011), Otero and Pol (2013), Mocho et al. (2014) and Xing et al. (2015).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1972 | Vulcanodon Raath p. 4 figs. 1-13 |
| 1980 | Vulcanodon Molnar p. 138 |
| 1986 | Vulcanodon Bonaparte p. 257 |
| 1988 | Vulcanodon Carroll |
| 1990 | Vulcanodon Benton p. 23 |
| 1990 | Vulcanodon McIntosh p. 54 |
| 1995 | Vulcanodon Hunt et al. p. 263 |
| 1995 | Vulcanodon Upchurch p. 253 |
| 1997 | Vulcanodon McIntosh p. 655 |
| 1997 | Vulcanodon Salgado et al. p. 25 fig. 19 |
| 1997 | Vulcanodon Sereno p. 442 fig. 4 |
| 1998 | Vulcanodon Dong p. 83 |
| 1998 | Vulcanodon Sereno p. 63 |
| 1998 | Vulcanodon Wilson and Sereno p. 54 fig. 44 |
| 1999 | Vulcanodon Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2 |
| 1999 | Vulcanodon Sereno et al. p. 1346 fig. 4 |
| 2002 | Vulcanodon Wilson p. 240 fig. 13 |
| 2003 | Vulcanodon Bandyopadhyay et al. p. 31A |
| 2004 | Vulcanodon Allain et al. p. 205 fig. 3 |
| 2004 | Vulcanodon Upchurch et al. p. 261 |
| 2006 | Vulcanodon Moser et al. p. 44 |
| 2006 | Vulcanodon Royo-Torres et al. p. 1926 fig. 3 |
| 2007 | Vulcanodon Smith and Pol p. 668 fig. 7 |
| 2007 | Vulcanodon Upchurch et al. p. 62 fig. 3 |
| 2008 | Vulcanodon Allain and Aquesbi p. 404 |
| 2010 | Vulcanodon Bandyopadhyay et al. pp. 562-563 fig. 17 |
| 2010 | Vulcanodon Suteethorn et al. |
| 2010 | Vulcanodon Yates p. 750 |
| 2011 | Vulcanodon Sekiya |
| 2013 | Vulcanodon Otero and Pol |
| 2014 | Vulcanodon Mocho et al. |
| 2015 | Vulcanodon Xing et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, infrao = infraorder | |||||
| References: Peczkis 1995, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 199.30000 to 182.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sinemurian - Pliensbachian | Zimbabwe (Mashonaland North) | Sauropoda indet. (34768) |