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Eorhynchochelys sinensis
Discussion
sinensis, from China
Taxonomy
Eorhynchochelys sinensis was named by Li et al. (2018). Its type specimen is SMMP 000016, a skeleton (articulated specimen displaying the postcranium in dorsal view, and the skull in ventral view), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baiyuncun of Xinpuxiang, which is in a Carnian coastal marl in the Falang Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Eorhynchochelys sinensis Li et al. p. 476 |
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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.
†Eorhynchochelys sinensis Li et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. Li et al. 2018 | A stem pantestudine of large size; proportionately small skull broadly triangular in outline; supratemporal fenestra closed; infratemporal fenestra partially open; edentulous beak; pleurodont tooth implantation; teeth on parabasisphenoid; 12 dorsal vertebrae; neural spines with disc-like dorsal tables in cervical vertebra 8 to caudal 5; dorsal ribs 1 through 10 horizontally (anteroposteriorly) broadened, T-shaped in cross-section; rigid puboischiadic plate with median ventral keel; and ischium with posterior elongation. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||