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Olorotitan arharensis

Reptilia - Hadrosauridae

Taxonomy
Olorotitan arharensis was named by Godefroit et al. (2003). Its type specimen is AEHM 2/845, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kundur, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial claystone in the Udurchukan Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was corrected as Olorotitan ararhensis by Prieto-Márquez (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Olorotitan arharensis Godefroit et al. p. 144 fig. 1
2004Olorotitan arharensis Godefroit et al. p. 149
2004Olorotitan arharensis Horner et al. p. 442
2006Olorotitan arharensis Lund and Gates p. 273
2006Olorotitan arharensis Prieto-Márquez et al. p. 938
2007Olorotitan arharensis Evans and Reisz p. 387 fig. 9
2007Olorotitan arharensis Gates et al. p. 926 fig. 10
2008Olorotitan arharensis Dong p. 6
2008Olorotitan arharensis Godefroit et al. p. 59
2010Olorotitan arharensis Lauters et al. p. 49
2010Olorotitan arharensis Prieto-Marquez and Salinas p. 835 fig. 20
2010Olorotitan arharensis Prieto-Márquez p. 5 fig. 2
2010Olorotitan ararhensis Prieto-Márquez p. 443
2010Olorotitan arharensis Prieto-Márquez and Wagner p. 1243
2011Olorotitan arharensis Godefroit et al. p. 175
2011Olorotitan arharensis Prieto-Márquez p. 64
2011Olorotitan arharensis Sun et al. p. 125
2012Olorotitan arharensis Godefroit et al. p. 530
2012Olorotitan arharensis Godefroit et al. p. 1
2012Olorotitan arharensis Prieto-Marquez et al. p. 7
2012Olorotitan arharensis Prieto-Márquez p. 527
2012Olorotitan ararhensis Ramírez-Velasco et al. p. 392
2013Olorotitan arharensis Cruzado-Caballero et al.
2014Olorotitan arharensis Bolotsky et al. p. 320
2014Olorotitan arharensis Brink et al. p. 245
2017Olorotitan arharensis Bertozzo et al. p. 43
2017Olorotitan ararhensis Cruzado-Caballero and Powell p. 12 fig. 13
2018Olorotitan arharensis Fondevilla et al. p. 8
2019Olorotitan arharensis Takasaki et al. p. 5
2021Olorotitan arharensis Gates et al. p. 17
2021Olorotitan arharensis Kobayashi et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Ornithischia()
Genasauria
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda()
Clypeodonta
Iguanodontia()
Dryomorpha
Styracosterna
Hadrosauriformes
Hadrosauroidea()
familyHadrosauridae
subfamilyLambeosaurinae
genusOlorotitan
speciesarharensis

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.

Olorotitan arharensis Godefroit et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Godefroit et al. 2003Helmet-like hollow crest and lateral premaxillary process developed caudally far beyond the level of the occiput; caudodorsal part of the dorsal premaxillary process depressed along the midline; postorbital process of the jugal very high (ratio ‘height of postorbital process/length of jugal’ = 0.9); rostral portion of the jugal shorter than in other lambeosaurines, with a perfectly straight rostral margin; very asymmetrical maxilla in lateral view, with ventral margin distinctly down turned; predentary square in dorsal view; neck and sacrum very elongated, with respectively 18 cervical and 15 or 16 sacral vertebrae; additional articulation between adjacent neural spines on the proximal third of the tail (it cannot be excluded that this is a pathological feature); scapula more elongated than in other hadrosaurids, with L/W ratio = 6.2.
P. Godefroit et al. 2011Lambeosaurine dinosaur characterized by the following autapomorphies: large helmet-like hollow crest higher than the rest of the skull and extending caudally well beyond the level of the occiput; very high postorbital process of jugal ( ratio height of postotbital process / length of jugal = 1 ) ; rostral portion of the jugal shorter than in other lambeosaurines, with a perfectly straight rostral margin; very asymmetrical maxilla in lateral view, with ventral margin distinctly downturned; very elongated neck composed of 18 cervical vertebrae; tibia as high as the femur; shorter cnemial crest, about one fifth of tibia length.
P. Godefroit et al. 2012Lambeosaurine dinosaur characterized by the following autapomorphies: large helmet−like hollow crest higher than the rest of the skull and extending caudally well beyond the level of the occiput; very high postorbital process of jugal (ratio height of postotbital process/length of jugal = 1); rostral portion of the jugal shorter than in other lambeosaurines, with a perfectly straight rostral margin; asymmetrical maxilla in lateral view, with ventral margin distinctly downturned; elongated neck composed of 18 cervical vertebrae; tibia as long as the femur; short cnemial crest, about one fifth of tibia length.
Measurements
partNmean
humerus circumference1190.0

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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Russian Federation (Amur) Lambeosauridae indet. (type locality: 38134)