This list of sauropod type specimens is a list of fossils serving as the official standard-bearers for inclusion in the species and genera of the dinosaur clade Sauropoda, which includes the long-necked dinosaurs. Type specimens are definitionally members of biological taxa, and additional specimens are only "referred" to these taxa if an expert deems them sufficiently similar.
The list edit
| Catalogue number | Species | Kind of type[a] | Material | Institution | Age | Unit | Country | Notes | Images |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPCN-PV-798[1] | Menucocelsior arriagadai | Holotype | A partial skeleton including 17 caudal vertebrae, a humerus, a fibula, and a metapodial | Museo Patagónico de Ciencias Naturales | Late Cretaceous | Allen Formation | Argentina | ||
| IVPP V11121-1[2] | Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis | Holotype | A complete right forelimb | Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology | Late Jurassic | Kalazha Formation | China | Specimen had been previously referred to Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum | |
| NHMUK R.28632 | Ornithopsis hulkei | Lectotype | One partial vertebra | Natural History Museum, London | Specimen also designated the holotype of Bothriospondylus magnus, which is thus an objective junior synonym of O. hulkei.[3] | ||||
| FMNH P 25107 | Brachiosaurus altithorax | Field Museum of Natural History | Late Jurassic | Morrison Formation | United States |  | |||
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CM 566 |
Brontosaurus parvus |
Footnotes edit
- ^ Whether a holotype, neotype, lectotype, or syntypes
References edit
Works Cited edit
- Hulke, J. W. (1879). "Note (3rd) on (Eucamerotus, Hulke) Ornithopsis, H. G. Seeley, = Bothrospondylus magnus, Owen, = Chondrosteous magnus, Owen". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 35: 752–762. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1879.035.01-04.55. S2CID 131190958.
- Upchurch, Paul; Mannion, Philip D.; Xu, Xing; Barrett, Paul M. (2021-12-13). "Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod dinosaur Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Dong, 1997, from the Turpan Basin, China, and the evolution of hyper-robust antebrachia in sauropods". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1994414. eISSN 1937-2809. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 245164168.
- Rolando, Mauro Aranciaga; Marsà, Jordi A. García; Agnolín, Federico L.; Motta, Matías J.; Rozadilla, Sebastián; Novas, Fernando E. (2022). "The sauropod record of Salitral Ojo del Agua: An Upper Cretaceous (Allen Formation) fossiliferous locality from northern Patagonia, Argentina". Cretaceous Research. 129: 105029. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105029. ISSN 0195-6671. S2CID 240577726.
Category:Lists of dinosaur specimens
Category:Mesozoic fossil record