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Chimaerasuchus paradoxus

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Chimaerasuchus paradoxus was named by Wu et al. (1995). Its type specimen is IVPP V8274, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton including snout and mandible, fifteen vertebrae, girdle and limb bones, and an osteoderm), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yichang City, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial horizon in the Wulong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Chimaerasuchus paradoxus Wu et al. p. 678
2006Chimaerasuchus paradoxus Nobre and Carvalho
2010Chimaerasuchus paradoxus Nascimento and Zaher
2010Chimaerasuchus paradoxus Turner and Sertich
2012Chimaerasuchus paradoxus Bronzati et al.
2014Chimaerasuchus paradoxus Sertich and O'Connor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
infraorderNotosuchiaGasparini 1971
—ZiphosuchiaOrtega et al. 2000
genusChimaerasuchus
speciesparadoxus

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.

†Chimaerasuchus paradoxus Wu et al. 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoreg
Diet 2: carnivoreg
Created: 2009-11-23 18:59:48
Modified: 2009-11-23 20:59:48
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Wu et al. 1995

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Albian or 125.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5China (Hubei) Chimaerasuchus paradoxus (type locality: 92676)