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Tugulusaurus faciles

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Tugulusaurus faciles was named by Dong (1973). Its type specimen is IVPP V.4025, a set of limb elements, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Wuerho, IVPP site 64041, which is in an Aptian/Albian lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Lianmuqin Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Tugulusaurus faciles Dong p. 48 figs. Pl. 2-3
1980Tugulusaurus faciles Chao p. 67
1986Tugulusaurus faciles Li et al. p. 27
1986Tugulusaurus faciles Qi et al. p. 192
1986Tugulusaurus facile Zhao p. 68
1992Tugulusaurus faciles Dong p. 164
1992Tugulusaurus faciles Shen and Mateer p. 75
1994Tugulusaurus facile Dong p. 2097
2001Tugulusaurus faciles Dong p. 99
2004Tugulusaurus faciles Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 77
2005Tugulusaurus faciles Rauhut and Xu p. 107
2005Tugulusaurus faciles Yates p. 114
2010Tugulusaurus faciles Choiniere et al. p. 1792
2011Tugulusaurus faciles Xing et al. p. 309
2020Tugulusaurus faciles Li et al. p. 1876

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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()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
infraorderAlvarezsauria
—Alvarezsauroidea()
genusTugulusaurus
speciesfaciles

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.

†Tugulusaurus faciles Dong 1973
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. W. M. Rauhut and X. Xu 2005Small theropod (femur length c. 215 mm); proximal mid-caudal vertebrae with neural arch placed only on anterior two thirds of centrum and centrum considerably broader
than high (ratio width/height ca. 1.5); caudal centra rapidly increasing in length distally; minimal length of metacarpal I less than width of this bone; tibia with pronounced, semicircular lateral expansion of lateral malleolus.
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: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Albian or 122.46000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian122.46 - 100.5China (Xinjiang) Tugulusaurus faciles (type locality: 49047)