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Chaoyangsaurus

Reptilia - Chaoyangsauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Chaoyangosaurus Zhao p. 300
1983Chaoyangosaurus Zhao and Cheng
1985Chaoyoungosaurus Zhao p. 289
1992Chaoyangosaurus Dong p. 166
1994Chaoyangosaurus Olshevsky and Ford p. 91
1999Chaoyangsaurus Sereno p. 2138 fig. 2
1999Chaoyangsaurus Zhao et al.
2000Chaoyangsaurus Sereno p. 487
2001Chaoyangsaurus Makovicky p. 254 fig. 18.3
2002Chaoyangsaurus Buchholz p. 20
2003Chaoyangsaurus You and Dodson
2004Chaoyangosaurus Chinnery pp. 584-585 fig. 9
2004Chaoyangsaurus You and Dodson p. 480
2006Chaoyangsaurus Xu et al. p. 2139 fig. 3
2006Chaoyangsaurus Zhao et al. p. 472
2007Chaoyangsaurus Butler et al. p. S19 fig. S2
2008Chaoyangsaurus Butler et al. p. 22 figs. 2-4
2009Chaoyangsaurus Jin et al. p. 204 fig. 4
2009Chaoyangsaurus Tanoue et al. p. 426
2012Chaoyangsaurus Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14
2015Chaoyangsaurus Han et al. p. 3
2015Chaoyangsaurus Zheng et al. p. 6 fig. 3
2019Chaoyangsaurus Morschhauser et al. p. 129 fig. 10
2020Chaoyangsaurus Yu et al. p. 5

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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()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Marginocephalia
Ceratopsia()
infraorderNeoceratopsia
familyChaoyangsauridae()
genusChaoyangsaurus

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. †Chaoyangsaurus Zhao et al. 1999
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Chaoyangsaurus youngi Zhao et al. 1999
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Invalid names: Chaoyangosaurus liaosiensis Zhao and Cheng 1983 [replaced]
Invalid names: Chaoyangosaurus Zhao and Cheng 1983 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-15 11:08:09
Modified: 2005-09-15 13:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Norman and Weishampel 1991, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Valanginian or 155.70000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Valanginian155.7 - 132.9China (Liaoning) Chaoyangosaurus liaosiensis (10755)