Jingiella

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Jingiella
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian?
Skeletal diagram of the holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Family: Mamenchisauridae
Genus: Jingiella
Ren et al., 2024
Species:
J. dongxingensis
Binomial name
Jingiella dongxingensis
Ren et al., 2024

Jingiella is an

preoccupied by a moth genus
named in 1983, and an amendment was published shortly thereafter, establishing Jingiella as the new replacement name.

Discovery and naming

The Jingiella

proximal end of the right femur. The bones were restored by the Chongzhou Tianyan Museum.[1]

In 2024, Ren et al.

preoccupied by a moth described in 1983.[2] As such, a replacement name was needed. Ren et al. published an addendum shortly after the original description, amending the error and establishing Jingiella as the new generic name.[3]

Classification

Life restoration

In their

Mamenchisaurus youngi, Chuanjiesaurus, and Wamweracaudia. Their results are shown in the cladogram below:[1]

Mamenchisauridae

Spinophorosaurus

Analong

Omeisaurus tianfuensis

Omeisaurus puxiani

Rhoetosaurus

Yuanmousaurus

Jingiella

Mamenchisaurus youngi

Chuanjiesaurus

Wamweracaudia

References