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Shansisuchidae (disused)

Reptilia - Shansisuchidae

Taxonomy
Shansisuchidae was named by Young (1964). It is not extant. Its type is Shansisuchus.

It was assigned to Proterosuchia by Young (1964); and to Proterosuchoidea by Kuhn (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Shansisuchidae Young
1966Shansisuchidae Kuhn p. 72

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
superfamilyProterosuchoidea(Broom 1906)
familyShansisuchidae
familyShansisuchidae

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.

Fm. †Shansisuchidae Young 1964
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C.-C. Young 1964With diagnosus of Shansisuchis as the type of the new family.