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Rhomaleopakhus

Rhomaleopakhus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Family: Mamenchisauridae
Genus: Rhomaleopakhus
Upchurch et al., 2021
Species:
R. turpanensis
Binomial name
Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis
Upchurch et al., 2021

Rhomaleopakhus (meaning "strong forearm") is a genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod, dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Kalaza Formation of China. The type and only species is Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis.[1]

  1. ^ Upchurch P, Mannion PD, Xu X, Barrett PM (2021). "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. 41 (4): e1994414. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1994414. S2CID 245164168.

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