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Sanpasaurus yaoi
Taxonomy
Sanpasaurus yaoi was named by Young (1944). Its type specimen is IVPP V156A, a set of vertebrae (Three dorsal vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 1, Changshanling, Potzewan, which is in a Toarcian terrestrial horizon in the Ziliujing Formation of China. It is the type species of Sanpasaurus.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Weishampel and Horner (1990).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Weishampel and Horner (1990).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1944 | Sanpasaurus yaoi Young p. 190 figs. Pl. 1, 2:2, 3:1 |
1964 | Sanpasaurus yaoi Kuhn p. 12 |
1983 | Sanpasaurus yaoi Dong et al. |
1984 | Sanpasaurus yaoi He p. 71 |
1985 | Sanpasaurus yaoi Zhao p. 289 |
1992 | Sanpasaurus yaoi Dong pp. 51-53 |
2016 | Sanpasaurus yaoi McPhee et al. |
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†Sanpasaurus yaoi Young 1944
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Diagnosis
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C.-C. Young 1944 | A Camptosaurus closely related to Iguanodontidae. Vertebrae massive, sacrum apparently not fused. Anterior limbs comparatively long. Scapula with the distal end rather thin. Ulna and radius long and slender. The former is only slightly longer than the latter. The ulna and radius facets of the humerus are not quite differentiated. Femur and fibula are tiny. The end phalanx curved and depressed. |
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Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
Reference: Marsh 1875 |