Rhomaleopakhus
Sign in to saveRhomaleopakhus (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.
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Vinony files it under Dinosaur genera, Dinosaurs of China and Fossil taxa described in 2021.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Mamenchisauridae
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Rhomaleopakhus
- time period
- Late Jurassic
- location of discovery
- China
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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.
== Discovery and naming == The Rhomaleopakhus holotype specimen, IVPP-V11121-1, was found by a Chinese-Japanese Chunichi Shinibun expedition near Qiketai in Shanshan, Xinjiang province in 1993. It consists of a partial forelimb, comprising a humerus, ulna, radius, one carpal, and a partial manus. These bones were originally assigned to the coeval mamenchisaurid Hudiesaurus, which was found nearby. In 2004, Paul Upchurch rejected this identity because of a lack of overlapping material.
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