Rhomaleopakhus
Name:
Rhomaleopakhus
(strong forearm).
Phonetic: Ro-mah-le-o-pak-hus.
Named By: P. Upchurch, P. D. Mannion, X.
Xu & P. M. Barrett - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Mamenchisauridae.
Species: R. turpanensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: China, Xinjiang - Kalaza
Formation.
Time period: Late Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial forelimb.
Rhomaleopakhus
is a genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod
dinosaur that lived in South-East
Asia during the late Jurassic.
Further reading
- 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. - P. Upchurch, P. D. Mannion,
X.
Xu & P. M. Barrett - 2021.
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