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Yinlong

Osteichthyes - Chaoyangsauridae

Species
Entered
by M. Carrano on 2006-11-28; modified by M. Carrano on 2021-04-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Yinlong Xu et al. p. 2135
2007Yinlong Butler et al. p. S19 fig. S2
2009Yinlong Tanoue et al. p. 426
2012Yinlong Han et al. p. 1391 fig. 14
2015Yinlong Han et al. p. 19 fig. 10
2015Yinlong Zheng et al. p. 6 fig. 3
2019Yinlong Morschhauser et al. p. 129 fig. 10
2020Yinlong Yu et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Neornithischia()
—Pyrodontia
—Cerapoda
—Marginocephalia
suborderCeratopsia
familyChaoyangsauridae()
genusYinlong

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. †Yinlong Xu et al. 2006
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†Yinlong downsi Xu et al. 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-09-15 11:08:09
Modified: 2005-09-15 13:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Norman and Weishampel 1991, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8China (Xinjiang) Y. downsi (72107)