Parahupehsuchus Chen et al. 2014 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Hupehsuchia - Hupehsuchidae

Full reference: X. -H. Chen, R. Motani, L. Cheng, D. Jiang, and O. Rieppel. 2014. A carapace-like bony ‘body tube’ in an Early Triassic marine reptile and the onset of marine tetrapod predation. PLoS ONE 9(4):e94396

Parent taxon: Hupehsuchidae according to X. -H. Chen et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Hupehsuchus, Nanchangasaurus, Parahupehsuchinae

Subtaxa: Parahupehsuchus longus

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Type: Parahupehsuchus longus

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Yuan'an, Yichang, (Wuhan Centre of China Geological Survey 2011 ) (Triassic of China)

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