Rhomaleopakhus

Ro-mah-le-o-pak-hus.

By Benjamin Gutierrez

Published on April 17, 2012

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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.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

R.‭ ‬turpanensis‭

Size

Unknown due to lack of remains.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Xinjiang‭ ‬-‭ ‬Kalaza Formation.

Time Period

Late Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial forelimb.

In Depth

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.