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Rhomaleopakhus, the Glossary

Rhomaleopakhus (meaning "strong forearm") is a genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod, dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Kalaza Formation of China.^[1]

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Late Jurassic dinosaurs of Asia
Mamenchisaurids
Paleontology in Xinjiang

Analong

Analong (meaning "Ana dragon") is a genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Chuanjie Formation in Yunnan, China. Rhomaleopakhus and Analong are mamenchisaurids.

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Carpal bones

The carpal bones are the eight small bones that make up the wrist (carpus) that connects the hand to the forearm.

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Ceratopsidae

Ceratopsidae (sometimes spelled Ceratopidae) is a family of ceratopsian dinosaurs including Triceratops, Centrosaurus, and Styracosaurus.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Chuanjiesaurus

Chuanjiesaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs from the middle Jurassic Period. Rhomaleopakhus and Chuanjiesaurus are mamenchisaurids.

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Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.

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Forelimb

A forelimb or front limb is one of the paired articulated appendages (limbs) attached on the cranial (anterior) end of a terrestrial tetrapod vertebrate's torso.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Hudiesaurus (meaning "butterfly lizard") is a herbivorous sauropod genus of dinosaur from China. Rhomaleopakhus and Hudiesaurus are Late Jurassic dinosaurs of Asia, mamenchisaurids and paleontology in Xinjiang.

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Humerus

The humerus (humeri) is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.

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Kalaza Formation

The Kalaza Formation is a geological formation in Xinjiang, China whose strata date back to the Late Jurassic.

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Klamelisaurus

Klamelisaurus (meaning "Kelameili Mountains lizard") is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Shishugou Formation of China. Rhomaleopakhus and Klamelisaurus are mamenchisaurids and paleontology in Xinjiang.

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Late Jurassic

The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.

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Mamenchisauridae

Mamenchisauridae is a family of sauropod dinosaurs belonging to Eusauropoda known from the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Asia and Africa. Rhomaleopakhus and Mamenchisauridae are mamenchisaurids.

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Mamenchisaurus

Mamenchisaurus (or spelling pronunciation) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known for their remarkably long necks which made up nearly half the total body length. Rhomaleopakhus and Mamenchisaurus are Late Jurassic dinosaurs of Asia, mamenchisaurids and paleontology in Xinjiang.

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Manus (anatomy)

The manus (Latin for hand, plural manus) is the zoological term for the distal portion of the forelimb of an animal.

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Omeisaurus

Omeisaurus (meaning "Omei lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period (Bathonian-Callovian stage) of what is now China. Rhomaleopakhus and Omeisaurus are mamenchisaurids.

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Qijianglong

Qijianglong is a genus of herbivorous mamenchisaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. Rhomaleopakhus and Qijianglong are mamenchisaurids.

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Radius

In classical geometry, a radius (radii or radiuses) of a circle or sphere is any of the line segments from its center to its perimeter, and in more modern usage, it is also their length.

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Shanshan

Shanshan (Piqan) was a kingdom located at the north-eastern end of the Taklamakan Desert near the great, but now mostly dry, salt lake known as Lop Nur.

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Tienshanosaurus

Tienshanosaurus (meaning "Tienshan lizard") is an extinct genus of dinosaur from the Late Jurassic. Rhomaleopakhus and Tienshanosaurus are Late Jurassic dinosaurs of Asia, mamenchisaurids and paleontology in Xinjiang.

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Titanosauria

Titanosaurs (or titanosaurians; members of the group Titanosauria) were a diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs, including genera from all seven continents.

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Turpan Depression

The Turpan Depression or Turfan Depression, is a fault-bounded trough located around and south of the city-oasis of Turpan, in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in far Western China, about southeast of the regional capital Ürümqi.

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Ulna

The ulna or ulnar bone (ulnae or ulnas) is a long bone in the forearm stretching from the elbow to the wrist.

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Wamweracaudia

Wamweracaudia is a large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania, Africa, 155-145 million years ago. Rhomaleopakhus and Wamweracaudia are mamenchisaurids.

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Xinjiang

Xinjiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia.

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Xinjiangtitan

Xinjiangtitan (p) is an extinct genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod that lived during the Middle Jurassic of what is now Xinjiang, northwestern China. Rhomaleopakhus and Xinjiangtitan are mamenchisaurids and paleontology in Xinjiang.

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2021 in archosaur paleontology

This article records new taxa of fossil archosaurs of every kind that are scheduled described during the year 2021, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that are scheduled to occur in the year 2021.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhomaleopakhus

Also known as Rhomaleopakhus turpanensis.