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Omeisaurus luoquanensis
Taxonomy
Omeisaurus luoquanensis was named by Li (1988) [Named by Li in this reference.]. Its type specimen is IVPP V.21501, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Luoquan village, which is in an Oxfordian terrestrial horizon in the Shaximiao Formation of China.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Upchurch et al. (2004).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Upchurch et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1988 | Omeisaurus luoquanensis Li |
| 1988 | Omeisaurus luoquanensis Liu p. 94 |
| 1992 | Omeisaurus luoquanensis Dong p. 75 |
| 1999 | Omeisaurus luoquanensis Martin-Rolland p. 299 |
| 2011 | Omeisaurus luoquanensis Jiang et al. p. 193 |
| 2011 | Omeisaurus luoquanensis Li et al. p. 23 |
| 2019 | Omeisaurus luoquanensis Tan et al. p. 113 |
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†Omeisaurus luoquanensis Li 1988
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| K. Liu 1988 | Notably similar to O. tianfuensis in size and shape, different from the latter are as follows, in dorsal vertebrae, the laminae exceptionally thin, infrapostzygapophyseal, infradiapophyseal and infrapostzygapophyseal cavities more developed than that of O. tianfuensis; the most anterior caudal spines extremely low and broad being plate-like; humerus remarkably straight with a long and slender shaft and rounded shape in cross section. |