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Xinpusaurus

Reptilia - Thalattosauria

Taxonomy
Xinpusaurus was named by Yin (2000). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Thalattosauridae by Müller (2007); to Thalattosauria by Wang et al. (2008); and to Thalattosauroidea by Wu et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Xinpusaurus Yin
2007Xinpusaurus Müller p. 239 fig. 2
2008Xinpusaurus Wang et al.
2009Xinpusaurus Wu et al. p. 17 fig. 8

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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
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Thalattosauriformes
orderThalattosauria
superfamilyThalattosauroideaNopcsa 1928
genusXinpusaurusYin 2000

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. †Xinpusaurus Yin 2000
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Xinpusaurus kohi Jiang et al. 2004
Xinpusaurus suni Yin 2000
Xinpusaurus xingyiensis Li et al. 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:38:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: 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 (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0China (Guizhou) X. xingyiensis (213309)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0China (Guizhou) X. sp. (196508) X. xingyiensis (153372 196509 196510)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3China (Guizhou) X. suni, X. kohi (97906)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3China (Guizhou) X. suni, X. bamaolinensis (85166)