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Sauropodomorpha

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Crocodylomorpha

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Checklists

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Mamenchisauridae
Dinos with short names
Historically important taxa
Nominal sauropod genera

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Timelines

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PaleogeneCretaceousJurassicPaleoceneLate CretaceousEarly CretaceousLate JurassicMiddle JurassicHaplocheirusPaleogeneCretaceousJurassicPaleoceneLate CretaceousEarly CretaceousLate JurassicMiddle Jurassic

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Size estimates

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Other

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Sauropods

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Theropod size

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  • Include: Spinosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Giganotosaurus, Deinocheirus, Therizinosaurus, Gigantoraptor, Torvosaurus, Carnotaurus, Utahraptor

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Clade

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  • History of study
    • Initial discovery or conception
    • New ideas introduced
    • Modern understanding
  • Anatomy (with detailed sections for each body part that has been studied significantly)
  • Paleobiology and behavior
    • Sensory capabilities
    • Skull function
    • Diet and digestion
    • Metabolism and thermoregulation
    • Cognition
    • Respiration
    • Arm function (wing function)
    • Gait and locomotion
    • Reproduction and mating behavior
    • Growth and ontogeny
    • Sociality
    • Role in ecosystem (niche partitioning)
  • Classification
    • Placement of the clade within a larger clade
    • Internal structure of the clade
    • Uncertainty or controversy about the clade

Genus

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Paleospecies tables

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Mamenchisaurus

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Genus MamenchisaurusYoung, 1954 – 8 species
Species name Image Range Size and ecology
M. anyuensis

He et al., 1996

Suining Formation and Penglaizhen Formation
Aptian

Sichuan, China

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M. constructus
(type species)

Young, 1954


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"M. guangyuanensis"
(nomen nudum)

Li & Cai, 1997


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M. hochuanensis

Young & Zhao, 1972


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M. jingyanensis

Zhang, Li, & Zeng, 1998


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M. sinocanadorum

Russell & Zheng, 1993


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M. youngi

Pi, Ouyang & Ye, 1996


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M. yunnanensis

Fang et al., 2004


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Psittacosaurus

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Genus PsittacosaurusOsborne, 1923 – 19 species
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P. amitabha

Napoli, 2019


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P. gobiensis

Sereno, Zhao, & Lin, 2001


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P. guyangensis

Cheng, 1983


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P. houi

(You, Xu, & Wang, 2003)
Sereno, 2010


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P. lujiatunensis

Changfu et al., 2005


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P. major

Sereno et al., 2007


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P. mazongshanensis

Xu, 1997


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P. meileyingensis

Sereno & Zhao, 1998


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P. mongoliensis
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Osborn, 1923


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P. neimongoliensis

Russell & Zhao, 1996


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P. ordosensis

Russell & Zhao, 1996


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P. osborni

Young, 1931


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P. sattayaraki

Buffetaut & Suteethorn, 1992


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P. sibiricus

Leshchinskiy et al., 2000


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P. sinensis

Young, 1958


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P. tingi

Young, 1931


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P. xinjiangensis

Sereno & Zhao, 1988


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P. youngi

Zhao, 1962


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Cladograms

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Infoboxes

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Multiple images

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  1. Min Wang; Xiaoting Zheng; Jingmai K. O’Connor; Graeme T. Lloyd; Xiaoli Wang; Yan Wang; Xiaomei Zhang; Zhonghe Zhou (2015). "The oldest record of Ornithuromorpha from the Early Cretaceous of China". Nature Communications. 6: Article number 6987. doi:10.1038/ncomms7987. PMC 5426517. PMID 25942493.
  2. Irmis, R. B.; Nesbitt, S. J.; Sues, H. -D. (2013). "Early Crocodylomorpha". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 379 (1): 275–302. Bibcode:2013GSLSP.379..275I. doi:10.1144/SP379.24. S2CID 219190410.
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  1. Adapted from Witton (2013). Taxonomic groups based on Unwin et al. (2010).
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