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Qianichthyosaurus zhoui
Taxonomy
Qianichthyosaurus zhoui was named by Li (1999). Its type specimen is IVPP V11839, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Huangtutang, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in the Falang Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1999 | Qianichthyosaurus zhoui Li p. 1330 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2003 | Qianichthyosaurus zhoui McGowan and Motani |
| 2008 | Qianichthyosaurus zhoui Maisch et al. |
| 2010 | Qianichthyosaurus zhoui Maisch |
| 2016 | Qianichthyosaurus zhoui Ji et al. p. 11 |
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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.
†Qianichthyosaurus zhoui Li 1999
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. Li 1999 | Small ichthyosaur with the following combination of characters: snout short; premaxilla pointed, just reaching anterior edge of naris; supratemporal overlapping postorbital to enter border of orbit; tooth crown enamel without longitudinal striations; femur as long as, or longer than, humerus and distally expanded; three primary and one accessory digit in both front and hind limbs; notching present on both leading and trailing edge of flippers. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Kiessling 2004 | |||||