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Nanchangosauridae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Hupehsuchia - Nanchangosauridae

Taxonomy
Nanchangosauridae was named by Wang (1959). It is not extant. Its type is Nanchangosaurus.

It was assigned to Nanchangosauroidea by Kuhn (1966); and to Hupehsuchia by Carroll and Dong (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Nanchangosauridae Wang
1966Nanchangosauridae Kuhn p. 111
1991Nanchangosauridae Carroll and Dong p. 133

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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()
orderHupehsuchia
familyNanchangosauridaeWang 1959
familyNanchangosauridaeWang 1959

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.

Fm. †Nanchangosauridae Wang 1959
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available