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Sanchuansaurus

Osteichthyes - Pareiasauridae

Taxonomy
Sanchuansaurus was named by Gao (1989). It is not extant. Its type is Sanchuansaurus pygmaeus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Shansisaurus by Li and Liu (2013).

It was assigned to Pareiasauria by Lee (1997); and to Pareiasauridae by Gao (1989), Benton (2016).

Species
S. pygmaeus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Sanchuansaurus Gao
1997Sanchuansaurus Lee p. 274
2016Sanchuansaurus Benton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
Procolophonomorpha()
Procolophonia()
Hallucicrania
superfamilyPareiasauroideaNopsca 1928
Pareiasauria()
familyPareiasauridaeLydekker 1889
genusSanchuansaurus

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.

G. †Sanchuansaurus Gao 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:32:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Benton 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Shanxi) S. pygmaeus (78694)