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Zhongyuanus

Reptilia - Gastornithiformes - Gastornithidae

Taxonomy

Zhongyuanus was named by Hou (1980).

It was assigned to Gastornithidae by Hou (1980); and to Diatrymidae by Carroll (1988).

Species

Z. xichuanensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1980	Zhongyuanus Hou
1988	Zhongyuanus Carroll

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Pangalloanserae	Gauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—	Galloanserae	Sibley and Ahlquist 1990
order	Gastornithiformes	Stejneger 1885
suborder	Gastornithes	(Cope 1889)
family	Gastornithidae	Furbringer 1888
genus	Zhongyuanus

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.

G. †Zhongyuanus Hou 1980

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†Zhongyuanus xichuanensis Hou 1980

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

solitaryo

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

volantuc

Diet:

herbivoreuc

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 20:08:01

Modified:

2009-01-03 22:08:01

Source: o = order, uc = unranked clade

References: Marsh 1875, Livezey 1997

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene	55.8 - 48.6	China (Henan)	Z. xichuanensis (226909)