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Hangaiemys kansuensis

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Osteopygis kansuensis was named by Bohlin (1953). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chia-yü-kuan (SSE), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lacustrine claystone in the Minhe Formation of China.

It was recombined as Hangaiemys kansuensis by Parham and Hutchison (2003); it was recombined as Kirgizemys kansuensis by Nessov and Khozatskii (1978) and Danilov et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Osteopygis kansuensis Bohlin p. 69 figs. 43; Pl. 6, 1
1978Kirgizemys kansuensis Nessov and Khozatskii
2003Hangaiemys kansuensis Parham and Hutchison p. 784
2006Kirgizemys kansuensis Danilov et al. pp. 56-57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
PancryptodiraJoyce et al. 2004
Macrobaenidae(Sukhanov 1964)
genusHangaiemysSukhanov and Narmandakh 1974
specieskansuensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Hangaiemys kansuensis Bohlin 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0China (Gansu) Osteopygis kansuensis (type locality: 50727)