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Changisaurus wutuensis

Reptilia - Testudines - Thalassemydidae

Taxonomy
Changisaurus wutuensis was named by Young (1961). Its type specimen is IVPP V.2527, a maxilla, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Changisaurus wutuensis Young p. 118 figs. Pl. 1:1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
—PancryptodiraJoyce et al. 2004
familyThalassemydidaeZittel 1889
genusChangisaurus
specieswutuensis

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.

†Changisaurus wutuensis Young 1961
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Diagnosis
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