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Kwangsisaurus orientalis
Taxonomy
Kwangsisaurus orientalis was named by Young (1959). Its type specimen is IVPP V2338, a partial skeleton (partial postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Kwangsisaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1959 | Kwangsisaurus orientalis Young |
| 1999 | Kwangsisaurus orientalis Rieppel p. 325 figs. 5, 6 |
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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.
†Kwangsisaurus orientalis Young 1959
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| O. Rieppel 1999 | An eosauropterygian with dorsal vertebrae that show relatively long, distally expanded transverse processes; coracoid broad and plate like, witha rounded medial (symphyseal) and a bell-shaped lateral margin; humerus curved; entepicondylar foramen absent; three carpal ossifications |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||