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Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis was named by Hu Dai et al. (2019). Its type specimen is CLGPR V00003, a partial skeleton (A partial postcranial skeleton consists of 55 bones including two cervical vertebrae, 11 dorsal vertebrae, 4 sacrum vertebrae, 18 caudal vertebrae, both humeri,), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laojun Village, which is in a Toarcian/Aalenian lacustrine siltstone in the Xintiangou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis Hu Dai et al.
2023Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis Manitkoon et al. p. 1

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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
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Neornithischia()
genusSanxiasaurus
speciesmodaoxiensis

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.

†Sanxiasaurus modaoxiensis Hu Dai et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available