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Macrocnemus fuyuanensis

Osteichthyes - Tanystropheidae

Taxonomy
Macrocnemus fuyuanensis was named by Li et al. (2007). Its type specimen is IVPP V14244, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Jiyangshan, Huabi, which is in a Ladinian offshore limestone in the Falang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Macrocnemus fuyuanensis Li et al. p. 1601
2011Macrocnemus fuyuanensis Jiang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
familyTanystropheidaeGervais 1859
genusMacrocnemus()
speciesfuyuanensis

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.

Macrocnemus fuyuanensis Li et al. 2007
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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: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Longobardian or 241.46400 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Switzerland Macrocnemus fuyuanensis (122057)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0China (Yunnan) Macrocnemus fuyuanensis (type locality: 106668)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0China (Guizhou) Macrocnemus fuyuanensis (98907)