†Parahupehsuchus longus Chen et al. 2014 (diapsid)
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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
Belongs to Parahupehsuchus according to X. -H. Chen et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: WGSC 26005, a skeleton. Its type locality is Yuan'an, Yichang, (Wuhan Centre of China Geological Survey 2011 ), which is in a Spathian marine horizon in China.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Yuan'an, Yichang, (Wuhan Centre of China Geological Survey 2011 )
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