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Turfanosuchus dabanensis

Reptilia - Gracilisuchidae

Taxonomy
Turfanosuchus dabanensis was named by Young (1973). Its type specimen is IVPP V.32237, a skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Taoshuyuanzi, Turfan Basin, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Kelamayi Formation of China. It is the type species of Turfanosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Turfanosuchus dabanensis Young p. 15 figs. 1-2; Pl. 1-2
1993Turfanosuchus dabanensis Parrish p. 297
2011Turfanosuchus dabanensis Nesbitt p. 21
2014Turfanosuchus dabanensis Butler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
familyGracilisuchidae
genusTurfanosuchus
speciesdabanensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Xinjiang) Turfanosuchus dabanensis (type locality: 88066)