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Santaisaurus yuani

Osteichthyes - Paliguanidae

Taxonomy
Santaisaurus yuani was named by Koh (1940). Its type specimen is IVPP RV40127, a partial skeleton (partial skull incl. both mandibular rami, some vertebrae, large part of pectoral girdle, partial left forelimb), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fukang-Jimsar area, which is in an Induan fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Jiucaiyuan Formation of China. It is the type species of Santaisaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Santaisaurus yuani Koh pp. 73, 84 figs. Pls. I-III
1989Santaisaurus yuani Li p. 260

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Eosuchia()
—Neodiapsida
—SauriaGauthier 1984
—Lepidosauromorpha(Benton 1983)
familyPaliguanidaeBroom 1926
genusSantaisaurus
speciesyuani

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.

†Santaisaurus yuani Koh 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Induan or 251.90200 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan251.902 - 249.9China (Xinjiang) Santaisaurus yuani (type locality: 93419)