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Yizhousaurus sunae

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Yizhousaurus sunae was named by Zhang et al. (2018). Its type specimen is LFGT-ZLJ0033, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Duwafang Village, which is in a Sinemurian terrestrial horizon in the Lufeng Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Yizhousaurus sunae Zhang et al.
2020Yizhousaurus sunae Moro et al.
2020Yizhousaurus sunae Peyre de Fabrègues et al. p. 4 fig. 4
2021Yizhousaurus sunae Peyre de Fabrègues et al. p. 328

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Sauropodomorpha(Huene 1932)
—Massopoda
—Sauropodiformes
genusYizhousaurus
speciessunae

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.

†Yizhousaurus sunae Zhang et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available