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Anshunsaurus

Osteichthyes - Thalattosauria - Askeptosauridae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Anshunsaurus Liu
2007Anshunsaurus Liu p. 2
2007Anshunsaurus Müller p. 239 fig. 2
2008Anshunsaurus Wang et al.
2009Anshunsaurus Wu et al. p. 17 fig. 8

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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
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Thalattosauriformes
orderThalattosauria
superfamilyAskeptosauroidea
familyAskeptosauridae
genusAnshunsaurusLiu 1999

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. †Anshunsaurus Liu 1999
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Anshunsaurus huangnihensis Cheng et al. 2007
Anshunsaurus wushaensis Rieppel et al. 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Tuvalian or 239.48000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0China (Guizhou) A. wushaensis, A. huangnihensis (98907)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3China (Guizhou) A. huangguoshuensis (97906)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3China (Guizhou) A. huangguoshuensis (85166)