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Hsisosuchus dashanpuensis

Reptilia - Shartegosuchidae

Taxonomy
Hsisosuchus dashanpuensis was named by Gao (2001). Its type specimen is ZDM 3405, a partial skeleton (a complete skull, a single cervical vertebra, a single sacral vertebra, and seven dorsal osteoderms), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower], which is in a Bajocian/Oxfordian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Shaximiao Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Hsisosuchus dashanpuensis Gao figs. Text-figs 1-4; Plates 1-2
2012Hsisosuchus dashanpuensis Bronzati et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
familyShartegosuchidaeEfimov 1988
genusHsisosuchus
speciesdashanpuensis

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Diet: carnivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:38:45
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:38:45
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Oxfordian or 170.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian - Oxfordian170.9 - 154.8China (Sichuan) Hsisosuchus dashanpuensis (type locality: 24883)