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Brontopodus

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Brontopodus Farlow et al. p. 390
1993Chuxiongpus Chen and Huang
2002Brontopodus Lockley et al. p. 375
2003Brontopodus Romero Molina et al. p. 25
2005Brontopodus Apesteguía p. 329
2006Brontopodus Le Loeuff et al. p. 707
2006Brontopodus Lockley et al. p. 94

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropoda()
genusBrontopodus

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. †Brontopodus Farlow et al. 1989
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†Brontopodus birdi Farlow et al. 1989
†Brontopodus changlingensis Chen and Huang 1993
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Invalid names: Chuxiongpus zheni Chen and Huang 1993 [synonym]
†Brontopodus oncalensis Meijide Fuentes et al. 2004
†Brontopodus pentadactylus Kim and Lockley 2012
†Brontopodus plagnensis Mazin et al. 2017
†Brontopodus triangularis Santos et al. 2000
Invalid names: Chuxiongpus Chen and Huang 1993 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult width: 10 to < 100infrao
Adult height: 10 to < 100infrao
Thickness: thickinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Form: sphericalinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: gregariousinfrao
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Diet: herbivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2004-12-14 12:49:10
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:49:10
Source: infrao = infraorder
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Jurassic to the top of the Coniacian or 201.40000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7China (Sichuan) B. sp. (180464)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5China (Xizang Autonomous Region) B. sp. (230807 230808 230809 230810 230811)
Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic174.7 - 145.0China (Yunnan) B. sp. (86424)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (England) B. sp. (202019)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2USA (Utah) B. sp. (55325)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Morocco (Azilal) B. sp. (123867 205917)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Portugal (Algarve) B. sp. (206005)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland (Swietokrzyskie) B. sp. (83231)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Spain (Asturias) B. sp. (13342)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1USA (Utah) B. sp. (62207 156133) Sauropoda indet. (61676)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Chile (Antofagasta) B. sp. (170491)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Spain (Aragón) Sauropoda indet. (58767 58768)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Wyoming) B. birdi (62576)
Kimmeridgian - Valanginian157.3 - 132.9Algeria (El Bayadh) Sauropoda indet. (206220)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France (Franche-Comte) B. sp. (155030)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) B. triangularis (232573)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Switzerland (Jura) B. sp. (149600 149745)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Portugal Sauropoda indet. (55235 55749 55750 55751 55752 55754 55755)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Portugal (Setúbal) Sauropoda indet. (55753)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Canada (British Columbia) B. sp. (214457)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Rhône-Alpes) Sauropoda indet. (155032)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Midi-Pyrénées) B. sp. (190672 190673)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Midi-Pyrenees) Sauropoda indet. (145957)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Spain (Castilla y Leon) Sauropoda indet. (153887)
Berriasian - Hauterivian145.0 - 129.4Spain (Castilla y Leon) B. sp. (59095)
Berriasian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0China (Sichuan) B. sp. (182656 182657 224335) Sauropoda indet. (182655)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5China (Sichuan) B. sp. (219993 219998 220014)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Spain (La Rioja) B. sp. (59096)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9China (Beijing) Sauropoda indet. (153397)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian136.4 - 125.45Spain (Castilla y León) B. sp. (68464)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0China (Xinjiang) B. sp. (214450)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0China (Gansu) Sauropoda indet. (59255)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Spain (La Rioja) Sauropoda indet. (59094)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5China (Sichuan) B. sp. (201876 201877 217078 219997 230189) Sauropoda indet. (201878)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5China (Chongqing) B. sp. (219970)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Spain (La Rioja) B. sp. (61860 84712)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Zhejiang) Sauropoda indet. (219891)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0USA (Virginia) B. birdi (69260 97942)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Algeria (Illizi) B. sp. (232619)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5China (Shandong) B. sp. (219976 219981)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5South Korea (Gyeongsangnam-do) B. birdi (59177) B. sp. (60303 60305 60307 60342 60344 60345 60346 60347 60348 60349 98353)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5USA (Utah) B. sp. (201626) Sauropoda indet. (105095)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0USA (Texas) Sauropoda indet. (52445)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Spain (La Rioja) Sauropoda indet. (126732)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Portugal (Lisboa) B. sp. (32320)
Albian113.0 - 100.5China (Shandong) B. sp. (219854 219973 219974)
Albian - Coniacian113.0 - 86.3China (Fujian) B. sp. (229370)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Arkansas) Sauropoda indet. (52179)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) B. birdi (57674) Dinosauria indet. (52149) Sauropoda indet. (52148 52250 52253 52327 52334 52339 52535)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Argentina (Neuquén) B. sp. (219571 219572 219573 219576)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 86.3China (Yunnan) Chuxiongpus changlingensis, Chuxiongpus sp. (60465) Chuxiongpus sp. (60488 60489 60490)