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Honghesaurus
Taxonomy
Honghesaurus was named by Xu et al. (2022). Its type is Honghesaurus longicaudalis.
It was assigned to Pachypleurosauridae by Xu et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Pachypleurosauridae by Xu et al. (2022).
Species
H. longicaudalis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Honghesaurus Xu et al. p. 3 figs. FIg. 2-4 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G.-H. Xu et al. 2022 | A pachypleurosaurid distinguishable from other members of this family by the following auta-
pomorphies: snout longer than postorbital portion of skull, 47.8% of skull length; external naris longitudinally retracted, 47.7% of orbital length; supratemporal fossa oval, 46.2% of orbital length; about ten teeth in anteriorly pointed premaxilla; two fossae in retroarticular process; 20 cervical, 29 dorsal, three sacral, and 69 caudal verte- brae; single ossified carpal; and phalangeal formula 2-3-2-4-1 for manus and 2-3-4-5-2 for pes. |