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Sichuanosuchus huidongensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Sichuanosuchus huidongensis was named by Peng (1995). Its type specimen is ZDM 3403, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Daquekou, Huidong, which is in a Bathonian/Callovian terrestrial horizon in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Sichuanosuchus huidongensis Peng
1996Sichuanosuchus huidongensis Peng
2012Sichuanosuchus huidongensis Bronzati et al.

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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
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
—Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
—Shartegosuchoidea
genusSichuanosuchusPeng 1995
specieshuidongensisPeng 1995

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. -Z. Peng 1996[Internarial bar is composed of the premaxilla; orbital margin on the frontal is very slightly inflated to compose a thin crescentic brow ridge; postorbital has completely encroached over the subtemporal foramen; length of dentary symphysis is less than its breadth; ventral margin of angular is transversely expanded with long anteroposterior ridges traversing its the medial and lateral sides; apical dental serrations are larger than anterior and posterior serrations.]
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5China (Sichuan) Sichuanosuchus huidongensis (type locality: 131871)