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Karongasaurus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Karongasaurus was named by Gomani (2005). Its type is Karongasaurus gittelmani.

It was assigned to Titanosauria by Gomani (2005) and Mannion and Calvo (2011).

Species
K. gittelmani (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Karongasaurus Gomani p. 26 fig. 28
2011Karongasaurus Mannion and Calvo

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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()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
—Gravisauria
—Eusauropoda
—Neosauropoda
—Macronaria
—Titanosauriformes
—Titanosauria
genusKarongasaurus

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. †Karongasaurus Gomani 2005
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†Karongasaurus gittelmani Gomani 2005
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. M. Gomani 2005Dentary strongly curved towards symphysis; the rostral end of the dentary is not perpendicular to the long axis of the dentary; dorsal margin of the buccal surface flares outward anteriorly; tooth row restricted to the anterior portion of the jaw; pencil-like teeth with wear facets oblique to the labiolingual axis.