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Xiaosaurus dashanpensis ✝

Description

Xiaosaurus ("dawn lizard", ), is a genus of small herbivorous dinosaur from the middle Jurassic, approximately 169 to 163 mya. Xiaosaurus lived in what is now the Sichuan Basin of China.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaosaurus_dashanpensis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4965677https://www.gbif.org/species/4965677
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)53227https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53227
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Xiaosaurus : Xiaosaurus dashanpensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Xiaosaurus : Xiaosaurus dashanpensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Ornithischia
genusXiaosaurusDong and Tang 1983
speciesXiaosaurus dashanpensisDong & Tang 1983
Generic NameXiaosaurus
Scientific NameXiaosaurus dashanpensis Dong & Tang, 1983
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Xiaosaurus dashanpensisspeciesbelongs to Xiaosaurusstated without evidenceDong and Tang, 1983
Xiaosaurus dashanpensisspeciesnomen dubium Xiaosaurusstated without evidenceSereno, 1991
Xiaosaurus dashanpensisspeciesbelongs to Xiaosaurusstated without evidenceDong, 1992
Xiaosaurus dashanpensisspeciesbelongs to Xiaosaurusstated with evidenceBarrett et al., 2005
Xiaosaurus dashanpensisspeciesbelongs to Xiaosaurusstated without evidenceCarpenter, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Ornithischia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ornithischia)
Dietherbivore (based on Ornithischia)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Ornithischia)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Ornithischia)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Ornithischia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)Z. Dong and Z. Tang. 1983. New ornithopod genus from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan Basin, China\r\n. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21(2):168-171
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaosaurus_dashanpensis

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1983Xiaosaurus dashanpensis Dong and Tang
1992Xiaosaurus dashanpensis Dong p. 61
1997Xiaosaurus dashanpensis Dong p. 793
2005Xiaosaurus dashanpensis Barrett et al. p. 831
2008Xiaosaurus dashanpensis Butler et al. p. 12
2010Xiaosaurus dashanpensis Carpenter p. 156
2012Xiaosaurus dashanpensis Zheng et al. p. 208

References

Dong Z., Tang Z. (1983) New ornithopod genus from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan Basin, China\r\n, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21 2, 168-171
Dong Z. (1992) Dinosaurian Faunas of China, China Ocean Press, Beijing, 1-188
Barrett P. M., Butler R. J., et al (2005) Small-bodied ornithischian dinosaurs from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan, China, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 4, 823-834
Butler R. J., Upchurch P., et al (2008) The phylogeny of ornithischian dinosaurs, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6 1, 1-40 doi:10.1017/S1477201907002271
Carpenter K. (2010) Species concept in North American stegosaurs, Swiss Journal of Geosciences 103 2, 155-162 doi:10.1007/s00015-010-0020-6
Zheng W., Jin X., et al (2012) A new ornithischian dinosaur from the Cretaceous Liangtoutang Formation of Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, China, Cretaceous Research 34, 208-219 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.001
R. J. Butler, P. Upchurch, D. B. Norman (2008) The phylogeny of ornithischian dinosaurs: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1: 1--40 (10.1017/S1477201907002271) - via Catalogue of Life
Z. Dong, Z. Tang (1983) New ornithopod genus from the Middle Jurassic of Sichuan Basin, Chinarn: Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2: 168--171 - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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