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Kelmayisaurus petrolicus

Reptilia - Carcharodontosauridae

Taxonomy
Kelmayisaurus petrolicus was named by Dong (1973). Its type specimen is IVPP V.4022, a partial skull (left maxilla and dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wuerho, IVPP site 64043, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in the Lianmuqin Formation of China.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Rauhut and Xu (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Dong p. 48 figs. Pl. 4, Fig. 1-2
1978Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Molnar p. 76
1980Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Chao p. 67
1986Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Li et al. p. 27
1986Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Qi et al. p. 192
1986Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Zhao p. 68
1990Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Molnar et al. p. 191
1992Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Dong p. 165
1992Kelmyosaurus petrolicus Shen and Mateer p. 75
1994Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Dong p. 2097
2001Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Dong p. 99
2004Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Holtz, Jr. et al. p. 73
2011Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Brusatte et al. p. 66 fig. 1
2011Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Xing et al. p. 309
2012Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Carrano et al. p. 254
2014Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Dalman p. 161
2014Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Xing et al. p. 310
2020Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Li et al. p. 1876
2020Kelmayisaurus petrolicus Xing 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
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
superfamilyAllosauroidea
familyCarcharodontosauridae
genusKelmayisaurus
speciespetrolicus

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. L. Brusatte et al. 2011Carcharodontosaurid with a single autapomorphy: the presence of a deeply inset and dorsally concave groove located anteriorly on the lateral surface of the dentary. Additionally, Kelmayisaurus shows a unique combination of characters not currently known in any other allosauroid: maxillary interdental plates more than twice as tall dorsoventrally as they are broad anteroposteriorly, prominent maxillary anterior process (the combination of these two characters results in a narrowing of the gap between the plates and the anteromedial process), and absence of an anteroventral “chin−like” process of the dentary.
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: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

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) Kelmayisaurus petrolicus (type locality: 49817)