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Omeisaurus tianfuensis âśť

Description

Omeisaurus (meaning "Omei lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period (Bathonian-Callovian stage) of what is now China. Its name comes from Mount Emei, where it was discovered in the lower Shaximiao Formation of Sichuan Province.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omeisaurus_tianfuensis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4967508https://www.gbif.org/species/4967508
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)56462https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=56462
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Euhelopodidae : Omeisaurus : Omeisaurus tianfuensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Mamenchisauridae : Omeisaurus : Omeisaurus tianfuensis
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
-Saurischia
-EusaurischiaPadian et al. 1999
-Sauropodomorpha
-MassopodaYates 2007
-SauropodiformesMartinez et al. 2011
-Sauropoda
-EusauropodaUpchurch 1995
familyMamenchisauridaeChao 1965
genusOmeisaurusYoung 1939
speciesOmeisaurus tianfuensisHe et al. 1984
Generic NameOmeisaurus
Scientific NameOmeisaurus tianfuensis He et al., 1984
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Omeisaurus tianfuensisspeciesbelongs to Omeisaurusstated with evidenceHe et al., 1984
Omeisaurus tianfuensisspeciesbelongs to Omeisaurusstated without evidenceDong, 1992
Omeisaurus tianfuensisspeciesbelongs to Omeisaurusstated with evidenceDong, 1998
Omeisaurus tianfuensisspeciesbelongs to Omeisaurusstated without evidenceWilson and Sereno, 1998
Omeisaurus tianfuensisspeciesbelongs to Omeisaurusstated with evidenceUpchurch et al., 2004
Omeisaurus tianfuensisspeciesbelongs to Omeisaurusstated without evidenceApesteguĂ­a, 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance164 - 157 Ma
Jurassic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Sauropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Sauropoda)
Dietherbivore (based on Sauropoda)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Sauropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Sauropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense,thick (based on Sauropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)X. He, K. Li, and K. Cai, Y. Gao. 1984. [Omeisaurus tianfuensis—a new species of Omeisaurus from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan]. Journal of Chengdu College of Geology 1984(suppl. 2):13-32
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omeisaurus_tianfuensis

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1984Omeisaurus tianfuensis He et al. p. 14
1988Omeisaurus tianfuensis He et al. p. 6
1990Omeisaurus tianfuensis McIntosh p. 380
1992Omeisaurus tianfuensis Dong p. 61
1993Omeisaurus tianfuensis Buffetaut et al. p. 56
1994Omeisaurus tianfuensis Russell and Zheng p. 2089
1996Omeisaurus tianfuensis Zhang and Chen
1997Omeisaurus tianfuensis Dong p. 121
1997Omeisaurus tianfuensis Vickaryous and Ryan p. 489
1998Omeisaurus tianfuensis Dong p. 81
1998Omeisaurus tianfuensis Wilson and Sereno p. 15
YearName and Author
1999Omeisaurus tianfuensis Martin-Rolland pp. 295-297
2004Omeisaurus tianfuensis Upchurch et al. p. 262
2005Omeisaurus tianfuensis ApesteguĂ­a p. 249
2005Omeisaurus tianfuensis Salgado and Coria p. 434
2006Omeisaurus tianfuensis Galton and Knoll p. 905
2007Omeisaurus tianfuensis Ye et al. p. 136
2010Omeisaurus tianfuensis Saegusa et al. p. 56
2011Omeisaurus tianfuensis Jiang et al. p. 188
2011Omeisaurus tianfuensis Saegusa and Tomida p. 253
2013Omeisaurus tianfuensis Tschopp and Mateus p. 324
2019Omeisaurus tianfuensis Tan et al. p. 110

References

He X., Li K., et al (1984) [Omeisaurus tianfuensis—a new species of Omeisaurus from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan], Journal of Chengdu College of Geology 1984 suppl. 2, 13-32
He X., Li K., et al (1988) The Middle Jurassic dinosaur fauna from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan. Vol. IV. Sauropod dinosaurs (2). Omeisaurus tianfuensis, Sichuan Publishing House of Science and Technology, 1-143
McIntosh J. S. (1990) Sauropoda, The Dinosauria. University of California Press, Berkeley, 345-401
Dong Z. (1992) Dinosaurian Faunas of China, China Ocean Press, Beijing, 1-188
Russell D. A., Zheng Z. (1994) A large mamenchisaurid from the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30 10-11, 2082-2095
Wilson J. A., Sereno P. C. (1998) Early evolution and higher-level phylogeny of sauropod dinosaurs. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 5, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 2 (suppl.), 1-68
Martin-Rolland V. (1999) Les sauropodes chinois [The Chinese sauropods], Revue Paléobiologie, Genève 18 1, 287-315
Upchurch P., Barrett P. M., et al (2004) Sauropoda, The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley, 259-322
Galton P. M., Knoll F. (2006) A saurischian dinosaur braincase from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) near Oxford, England: from the theropod Megalosaurus or the sauropod Cetiosaurus?, Geological Magazine 143 6, 905-921
Saegusa H., Tanaka S., et al (2010) [Preliminary observations on the dinosaur teeth from the Lower Cretaceous Sasayama Group in Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture and addtional notes on the pneumaticity of the postcranial skeleton of Tamba sauropod], Journal of Fossil Research 42 2, 52-65
Jiang S., Li F., et al (2011) [A new species of Omeisaurus from the Middle Jurassic of Zigong, Sichuan], Vertebrata PalAsiatica 49 2, 185-194
Saegusa H., Tomida Y. (2011) Titanosauriform teeth from the Cretaceous of Japan, Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiĂŞncias 83 1, 247-265
Tan C., Dai H., et al (2019) Discovery of Omeisaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) in the Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 57 2, 105-116
P. Upchurch, P. M. Barrett, P. Dodson (2004) Sauropoda: The Dinosauria (2nd edition). University of California Press, Berkeley: 259--322 - via Catalogue of Life
X. He, K. Li, K. Cai, Y. Gao (1984) [Omeisaurus tianfuensis—a new species of Omeisaurus from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan]: Journal of Chengdu College of Geology suppl. 2: 13--32 - 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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