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Shansisuchus shansisuchus

Reptilia - Erythrosuchidae

Taxonomy
Shansisuchus shansisuchus was named by Young (1964). Its type specimen is IVPP V 2503, a partial skull (Skull roof), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hsishihwa 56173, Lotzeyue, Wuhsiang, which is in an Anisian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Ermaying Formation of China. It is the type species of Shansisuchus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Fenhosuchus cristatus Young
1964Shansisuchus shansisuchus Young
1964Fenhosuchus cristatus Young p. 158
1976Shansisuchus shansisuchus Charig and Sues p. 35
2013Shansisuchus shansisuchus Wang et al.
2016Shansisuchus shansisuchus Ezcurra

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
familyErythrosuchidae
genusShansisuchus
speciesshansisuchus

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.

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Invalid names: Fenhosuchus cristatus Young 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available