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Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis

Description

Chungkingosaurus, meaning "Chongqing Lizard", is a genus of herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Upper Shaximiao Formation in what is now China. It is a member of the Stegosauria.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4965679https://www.gbif.org/species/4965679
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)56487https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=56487
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Stegosauridae : Chungkingosaurus : Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Ornithischia : Stegosauridae : Chungkingosaurus : Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis
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
-GenasauriaSereno 1986
-Thyreophora
-Stegosauria
familyStegosauridaeMarsh 1880
subfamilyHuayangosaurinaeDong et al. 1982
genusChungkingosaurusDong et al. 1983
speciesChungkingosaurus jiangbeiensisDong et al. 1983
Generic NameChungkingosaurus
Scientific NameChungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Dong et al., 1983
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensisspeciesbelongs to Chungkingosaurusstated without evidenceDong et al., 1983
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensisspeciesbelongs to Chungkingosaurusstated with evidenceGalton, 1990
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensisspeciesbelongs to Chungkingosaurusstated without evidenceDong, 1990
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensisspeciesbelongs to Chungkingosaurusstated with evidenceGalton and Upchurch, 2004
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensisspeciesbelongs to Chungkingosaurusstated without evidenceJiang, 2006
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensisspeciesbelongs to Chungkingosaurusstated with evidenceMaidment et al., 2008
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensisspeciesbelongs to Chungkingosaurusstated without evidenceUlansky, 2014
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensisspeciesbelongs to Chungkingosaurusstated with evidenceUlansky, 2015
Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensisspeciesbelongs to Chungkingosaurusstated without evidenceGalton and Carpenter, 2016
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, S. Zhou, and H. Zhang. 1983. [Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan]. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 162(23):1-136
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chungkingosaurus_jiangbeiensis

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1983Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Dong et al. pp. 119-120
1990Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Dong p. 262
1990Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Galton
1992Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Dong p. 83
2001Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Carpenter et al. p. 73
2004Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Galton and Upchurch p. 344
2006Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Jiang p. 11
2006Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Maidment and Wei p. 293
2007Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Wings et al. p. 116
2008Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Maidment et al. p. 377
YearName and Author
2014Chungkingosaurus giganticus Ulansky p. 6
2014Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Ulansky p. 6
2014Chungkingosaurus magnus Ulansky p. 6
2014Chungkingosaurus giganticus Ulansky p. 16
2014Chungkingosaurus magnus Ulansky p. 16
2015Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Ulansky p. 4
2015Chungkingosaurus magnus Ulansky p. 5
2015Chungkingosaurus giganticus Ulansky p. 6
2016Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiniensis Galton and Carpenter p. 192
2018Chungkingosaurus jiangbeiensis Hao et al. p. 431

References

Dong Z., Zhou S., et al (1983) [Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan], Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 162 23, 1-136
Dong Z. (1990) Stegosaurs of Asia, Dinosaur Systematics: Perspectives and Approaches, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 255-268
Galton P. M. (1990) Stegosauria, The Dinosauria, D. B. Weishampel, P. Dodson, & H. Osmólska (editors), University of California Press, Berkeley, 435-455
Dong Z. (1992) Dinosaurian Faunas of China, China Ocean Press, Beijing, 1-188
Carpenter K., Miles C. A., et al (2001) New primitive stegosaur from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming, The Armored Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 55-75
Maidment S. C. R., Wei G. (2006) A review of the Late Jurassic stegosaurs (Dinosauria, Stegosauria) from the People's Republic of China, Geological Magazine 143 5, 621-634
Maidment S. C. R., Norman D. B., et al (2008) Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6 4, 367-407 doi:10.1017/S1477201908002459
Ulansky R. E. (2014) Dinosaurs classification. Basal Thyreophora & Stegosauria, Dinologia, 1-8
Ulansky R. E. (2014) Evolyutsiya ctegozavrov (Dinosauria; Ornithischia) [Evolution of the stegosaurs (Dinosauria; Ornithischia)], Dinologia, 1-35
Ulansky R. E. (2015) Chungkingosaurus [Chungkingosaurus], Dinologia, 1-8
Galton P. M., Carpenter K. (2016) The plated dinosaur Stegosaurus longispinus Gilmore, 1914 (Dinosauria: Ornithischia; Upper Jurassic, western USA), type species of Alcovasaurus n. gen., Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 279 2, 185-208 doi:10.1127/njgpa/2016/0551
Hao B., Zhang Q., et al (2018) Redescription of Gigantspinosaurus sichuanensis (Dinosauria, Stegosauria) from the Late Jurassic of Sichuan, southwestern China, Acta Geologica Sinica 92 2, 431-441
S. C. R. Maidment, D. B. Norman, P. M. Barrett, P. Upchurch (2008) Systematics and phylogeny of Stegosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia): Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4: 367--407 (10.1017/S1477201908002459) - via Catalogue of Life
Z. Dong, S. Zhou, H. Zhang (1983) [Dinosaurs from the Jurassic of Sichuan]: Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 23: 1--136 - 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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